Biodiversity

Minister for Environment Eamon Ryan calls for consensus approach in addressing changes to Irish land use

Young People’s Assembly on Biodiversity Loss calls for greater respect for the rights of nature

First the red kite, next the osprey: rewilding with keystone species could lead to a recovery in multiple habitats and other species

Irish activists, environmentalists, thinkers and doers on the actions and initiatives that give them hope for our future on planet Earth. Illustrations by Anne O'Hara

Five-point policy for Earth Day cautions against ‘steaming ahead with many unknowns’

Opinion: SACs are viewed as temporary inconveniences to be easily overcome when countervailing considerations of development arise

Paying a fair price for our food

The treadmill of intensive beef and dairy production

If you are interested in the past, present and future of planet Earth, then this book is for you

Neonicotinoid insecticides found in wild flowers despite being banned in 2018

Many farmers will view the assembly’s report as disappointing, IFA committee chair suggests

Scale of biodiversity loss to date in Ireland ‘terrifying’, An Taisce officer says

Final report recommends review of forestry body Coillte over ‘conflict’ between business aims and biodiversity

Why we need both fast-growing conifers for sustainable timber for construction and native woodlands to enhance biodiversity

The recently released Plant Atlas 2020 shows changes in plant species over the past 90 years

Oireachtas Committee hears planning system is ‘single greatest hurdle’ to achieving goals by 2030

Synthesis report analyses almost 10 years of climate science and most likely scenarios facing the world this century

‘Multiple, feasible and effective options’ immediately available to slash emissions and to adapt to human-caused climate change

Call issued in wake of Cop15 global agreement and Laudata Si’ report

You can’t reverse the decline in plant biodiversity by throwing a few handfuls of wild meadow seed mixes at your front lawn

The international agreement to

As people become more distant from their origins on the land, they tend to overlook the vital roles of plants

Globally, 40% of plant species are threatened with extinction – time is not on our side

Plant Atlas 2020 shows 56% decline in Ireland’s native wild plants, with habitats affected by farming and forestry

Figures show peat extraction on the rise despite compensation scheme, with raised bogs in special areas of conservation facing destruction

Éanna Ní Lamhna on murderous sparrowhawks, a pathogenic fungus and a case of mistaken identity

Worsening impacts from climate change continued during 2022, progress report highlights

Restoration of some complex food webs is still within our grasp

Electrifying everything can become the great workhorse of decarbonisation and be the main driver in ending reliance on fossil fuels, write Eddie O’Connor and Kevin O’Sullivan

Group calls for Department of Agriculture to tighten regulations

I’m far from alone: 84% of Irish people say access to nature is important for their mental health

‘People talk about destruction of the Amazon forest, but we have done exactly the same in Ireland,’ says UCD expert

Final episode revisits issue of declining water quality in rivers, lakes and estuaries

Dr Rafael de Andrade Moral, assistant professor of statistics, Maynooth University

Another Life: On the eve of its writer’s 90th birthday, the long-running natural world column draws to a close

Give Me a Crash Course: Colossal Biosciences, a Dallas start-up, wants to mine the dodo genome for key traits to reassemble in the body of a living relative

World Wetlands Day highlights urgent need to restore vital ecoystems that store carbon

Veteran Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski surprised many by receiving an Oscar nomination for his film about a placid equid

Ireland should not use other countries’ poor climate record as cover for our own

New Innovator: Femtofire uses climatic and other significant factors to actively locate and identify fire risks