by admin | Jan 7, 2017 | News
Sir David Attenborough tells George Monbiot that the British public is better informed about the environment than ever before, in part thanks to television. He discusses his new programme on the titanosaur – a subset of dinosaurs that can reach 37m in length. He also...
by admin | Jan 5, 2017 | News
——– BEES: PESTICIDE RESTRICTIONS MUST BE EXTENDED TO WHEAT – NEW FRIENDS OF THE EARTH REPORT—————————————– Three neonicotinoid pesticides were banned on...
by admin | Jan 3, 2017 | News
The Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs invites views on the next National Biodiversity Action Plan, Ireland’s third, for conserving and restoring Ireland’s biodiversity. This document sets out a plan, from 2017 to 2021, through which a...
by admin | Dec 17, 2016 | News
Conservation ranger Peter O’Toole stands in a clearing at Killarney National Park and looks at the rhododendron seedlings poking above the ground. Ten years ago specialist contractors liberated this site from a dense entanglement of the invasive plant and it’s now...
by admin | Dec 16, 2016 | News
Killarney National Park is on the brink of ecocide. An ecological disaster is taking place in the first national park to be established in the State. One of the world’s oldest oak forests is slowly dying. The rhododendron infestation and increased deer population...
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