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Rewilding all the way, Ireland
@fintankelly.bsky.socialReposted by @whittledaway.bsky.socialIf we could get endangered wildlife to run around a race track they'd have a better chance at getting support from this government.
@envpillar.bsky.socialReposted by @whittledaway.bsky.socialNo extra funding for nature, carbon tax U-turn – the Government is clearly walking away from its climate, nature & energy security commitments in Budget 2027. Great to see coverage of our reaction to Budget 2027
@whittledaway.bsky.socialYesterday was a bad day for nature as virtually no new funding was announced.
The guessing and uncertainty as how Ireland's Nature Restoration Plan is to be funded goes on.
@whittledaway.bsky.socialThese figures would be higher still if our charging infrastructure was halfway decent!
@codohertynews.bsky.socialReposted by @whittledaway.bsky.social......also @whittledaway.bsky.social visits Derryclare in Co Galway where ancient oaks have battled to survive amid commercial sitka plantations and a long-promised, long-delayed nature restoration plan still awaits delivery
www.irishtimes.com/environment/....
@whittledaway.bsky.socialThe most important election this year is in Brazil because the future of the Amazon, and so a global tipping point, hinges on it
@whittledaway.bsky.socialIf only!
@whittledaway.bsky.socialThis is such a bad policy and a waste of public money. We should not be paying farmers foe simply owning sheep guven the enormous damage they cause.
@whittledaway.bsky.socialWe're never going to reach forestry targets if we only see forests as an economic, rather than an ecological, project
@whittledaway.bsky.socialIt is 7 years since Coillte committed to removing the plantation surrounding the Derryclare forest in Galway but still not a single conifer has been removed.
We now have national restoration targets for 2030 but we'll need get a lot quicker if these are to be met
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
@whittledaway.bsky.social👏
@whittledaway.bsky.socialAgriculture just needs more time to allow pollution measures to work... 🤔
@whittledaway.bsky.socialSometimes I think we're making progress in our attitudes to nature, and then I read an article like this which reminds me that we haven't moved on much at all 😒
@whittledaway.bsky.socialMackerel is off the shelves due to overfishing, so industry relabels a different fish entirely as 'mackerel'
@whittledaway.bsky.socialValuable research into the climate impact of bottom trawling being carried out in the Irish Sea
@whittledaway.bsky.socialWe were told that the measure agriculture was taking were working and just needed time to show results....
@whittledaway.bsky.socialVery disappointing to see that the application by Inland Fisheries Ireland to Limerick City & County Council for the removal of the weir at Annacotty has been refused. Years of planning and campaigning have gone into this - we need to get better at getting these projects over the line
@whittledaway.bsky.socialAnd on the day the EPA highlights - again - the continued dire state of our water
@whittledaway.bsky.social2. Italy joins a growing list of countries being sued by @clienteartheur.bsky.social for allowing bottom trawling in MPAs.
(Meanwhile in Ireland we still don't even have the law for MPAs 😒)
@whittledaway.bsky.socialTwo small pieces of good news for the sea 🐬
1. The Scottish government is consulting on stronger measures to protect its Marine Protected Areas..
