November 18th, 2017 The impacts of climate change on wildlife were discussed at COP23 in Bonn with innovative assessment tools and novel funding schemes presented as possible solutions. World Wildlife Fund (WWF) hosted a panel discussion Wildlife and Climate Change in the Panda Hub conference room in Bonn on Wednesday. Read more…
November 15th, 2017 A new study has identified the birds and bats most vulnerable to collisions with wind turbines, highlighting a potential conflict between renewable energy developments and biodiversity. The recently published study led by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) and funded by the Cambridge Conservation Initiative is the Read more…
November 9th, 2017 A new initiative led by three of the world’s’ largest environmental NGOs aims to restore and protect one trillion trees by 2050 was outlined at COP23 in Bonn yesterday. The TrillionTrees project, coordinated by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and BirdLife Read more…
November 2nd, 2017 Sharks, vultures, and lions are just some of the migratory species that are now protected globally following the signing of new international legislation at last week’s Convention on Migratory Species (CMS). The 12th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP12) to the Convention met in the Read more…
October 25th, 2017 Illegal hunting continues to be a major threat to Europe’s biodiversity with millions of birds being killed each year, a new wildlife conservation report reveals. Research for the new report was led by BirdLife International with input from scientists across Europe, including experts from Birdwatch Ireland. The report Read more…
October 24th, 2017 Kildare County Council passed a motion calling on the Government to put pressure on the European Union to protect our soil yesterday afternoon. The motion put forward by Councillor Sorcha O’Neill requested that Kildare County Council writes to Environment Minister, Denis Naughten, TD asking him to push Read more…
October 19th, 2017 Grazing donkeys are helping to conserve one of Ireland’s most endangered species of butterfly on a Kildare bog, with populations now at record levels. The population of Marsh Fritillary butterflies is at an all-time high on the Irish Peatland Conservation Council’s (IPCC) Lullymore West Bog Nature Reserve Read more…
October 18th, 2017 There’s always someone looking to persecute the poor pine marten. The latest assault on Ireland’s rarest mammal came from Athlone Councillor Tom Farrell who has called for pine martens to be taken off the protected species list so that their population can be culled. Councillor Farrell proposed Read more…
October 12th, 2017 The Irish Wildlife Trust has criticised calls from a Westmeath councillor to lift the protective status of the pine marten, one of Ireland’s rarest mammals. The motion calls on the Heritage Minister Heather Humphries and the National Parks & Wildlife Service to take legal protection away from Read more…
October 11th, 2017 A new study has confirmed that honey across the world has been contaminated by pesticides linked to the recent crash in global bee populations. The report, published in Science last week, shows that honey from every continent except Antarctica contained traces of neonicotinoids. Incredibly, honey collected on Read more…