Jack Prendergast

Fires cause record loss of tropical forests in climate threat Tropical forests provide a buffer against climate change, but disappeared faster than ever recorded last year.

Tropical rainforest equal in area to the Irish Republic was destroyed last year, breaking all records.

This is a monstrous daily crime, and the main cause is, as always, clearing more land for livestock.
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Stiff competition but Connemara is one of the most degraded landscapes in Ireland It's 30 years since the damage from free-roaming sheep first became apparent. Rising awareness of the climate and biodiversity crisis should have, by now, forced the State to provide alternatives to f...

Great headline 😅
The NPWS are making strides towards addressing some key issues in our National Parks. Thanks to @whittledaway.bsky.social for bringing these stories to light.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...

Amazing I’ll get reading. Thanks!

Is there anywhere we can read more about this?

Why rewilding? Now is the time for rewilding on a large scale across Ireland. This is a small step in that direction.

An introductory blog on rewilding and why now is the time

#rewilding
www.rewildyourland.ie/post/why-rew...

Rewilding and wildfire prevention The threat of wildfires is growing in Britain due to climate breakdown. Find out how rewilding offers a nature-based solution to reduce wildfire risk.

Rewilding is urgently needed to minimise the impact of fires on our landscapes - this from @rewildingbritain.org.uk explains why.

Simply put: healthy, diverse natural ecosystems, which in Ireland usually means wet, do not burn well or for long.

www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/why-rewild/b...

Please read this utterly brilliant take-down of the notion that fossil fuel lobbying is good for climate action, by @thinkorswim.bsky.social

www.thejournal.ie/readme/lobby...

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I get so annoyed when I see that. All over the parks in Dublin near me.

Pair trawling: Sieving the life out of small bays and estuaries Pair trawling involves two boats dragging a single net through the water column to scoop up shoals of small fish, usually sprats, which are no more than a few centimetres in length. The practice illus...

Pair trawling is an "ecological disaster" says the Irish Wildlife Trust. The fact that it continues represents everything that is wrong about how our seas are managed.

www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...