Significant gap in biodiversity funding in Ireland

February 20th, 2019 There is a significant funding gap in Ireland for tackling biodiversity decline despite the growing extinction crisis we are currently facing, the...

Tackling biodiversity loss too urgent to be left to future generations

February 20th, 2019 Biodiversity decline is too pressing an issue to be left to future generations to halt as habitats show increasing signs of deterioration,...

Minister must ‘act now’ to address Ireland’s extinction crisis

February 2oth, 2019 The Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT) has called on the Minister for Heritage to act now and prioritise tackling Ireland’s worsening extinction crisis...

EU committee shelves climate concerns to open US trade talks

Amid US threats to slap import tariffs on European cars, the EU is wavering on its commitment to uphold the Paris Agreement through trade...

Blocking of climate Bill is ‘environmental vandalism’

February 20th, 2019 The continued obstruction of legislation to ban fossil fuel exploration in a Dáil committee is an act of “environmental vandalism”, according to...

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