I mean, think about it:
1. Large parcel of land comes up for sale in Dingle
2. Rewilders petition for state to buy land for rewilding
3. State buys land, designates it a national park, and ...
4. Announces it will continue to be grazed by sheep
You could NOT make it up.
@RobertChaney Absolutely! Minding our children's (mental) health requires preparation, giving them challenges increasing over time. Not dumping it on them at their final hurdle in school life.
@WessexRivers returning natural floodplain gravel to the riverbed, restoring salmonid spawning habitat on degraded and damaged #ChalkStreams.
We’ll be at it though the autumn, getting ready for winter spawning
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Replacing 50% of meat and milk products with plant-based alternatives by 2050 can reduce agriculture and land use related greenhouse gas emissions by an incredible 31% and halt the degradation of forest and natural land according to this @NatureComms study.
#SustainableDiets
@NealIreland @stephen_coyne It also ensures that the correct product, ie. Glass, plastic, aluminum is recycled in the correct container, therefore reducing the need to sort at end point. Creates cleaner/purer waste that can be recycled at a higher grade. @EPAIreland@RepakRecycling
The practise of Coillte etc immorting northern European oaks aa well as sending native seed abroad + reimporting as saplings for native woodland schemes etc is insane and unnecessary. This must Stop ✋️ @SaveLeitrim @CorkEnvForum https://t.co/7z4Fm1kgBG
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Lets get this petition there!
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Over the last few years, French villages have started switching off public lighting at night time. Although primarily designed to save energy, the impact of light #pollution on #wildlife was extensively discussed as part of the public consultation in my parents’ village
#InvasivesSpotlight!
❓Did you know - Montbretia is an invasive plant in Ireland?
Although it is so widespread that it appears to be native, Montbretia is a hybrid of two South African Crocosmia species, and is an invasive plant in Ireland
🧶 learn more in the thread below...
This is an incredible opportunity for the Irish government to show that they’re serious about the #BiodiversityCrisis.
Buy it, make it into a NP, and have @IrishRainforest and @whittledaway rewild it with the help of @hometree__ https://t.co/99gPzwaTFm