Thousands of people and several communities throughout the country are already involved in a range of EU-funded restoration programmes
Biodiversity
Coillte chief executive Imelda Hurley juggles climate goals, planting material for sustainable homes and developing a green rural economy
The forest is a hidden place where water slows and splays into rivulets separated by knolls and islets that are frequently flooded and are clothed in dense vegetation
Minister for Environment hails ‘decisive step towards addressing very real risks we are already seeing’
Far-reaching consequences for land use, especially farming, and also marine development. But uncertainty and rural anger remain
A new law aimed at tackling deforestation risks disrupting commodities exports to the European Union, raising prices for consumers and threatening the livelihoods of farmers from Indonesia to Honduras.
Game Changers: We have been taught over generations to see the role of nature in our lives as unimportant. For us to survive and thrive, that message needs to change
Active conservation, through management of problematic species, appropriately managed protected areas and habitat restoration, was generally very effective
Native Irish Honey Bee Society announces seven queen bee rearing workshops to curb impact of hive hybrids
Failure to ratify law ‘would be a carte blanche to destroy nature’, Minister for Environment Eamon Ryan says
Investigator Kieran Buckley says the National Parks and Wildlife Service has grown in size and activity but it needs more powers to tackle the scale of wildlife crime
Éanna Ní Lamhna on winter gnats, a goldfinch-canary hybrid and insect biodiversity
A new book by Seán Ó Gaoithín tells the stories of 28 woods in Co Donegal that are deeply complex spaces full of life
The near-universality of the DNA code is convincing evidence modern life traces back to a single ancestor
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