Wilder Ireland

Deer shooting to be facilitated in England to protect woodlands Government plans legislation giving landowners and tenants rights to cull deer to protect crops and property

We could do this

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Brilliant.

#NatureRecovery #EcosystemRestoration #Rewilding

Iveragh Woodlands EIP — Hometree The Iveragh Woodlands European Innovation Partnership (EIP) aims to enhance the ecological and socioeconomic resilience of upland farms in the west of Ireland. The Iveragh Woodlands team will work to ...

This is a brilliant project to protect and restore the remaining pockets of native forest on the Iveragh Peninsula in Kerry. It’s lead by @hometreecharity.bsky.social and funded by the Department of Agriculture & the EU.
Landowners have till end of March to apply.

www.hometree.ie/iveragh-wood...

First screening of An Irish Atlantic Rainforest, with around 360 places, already sold out!!!

Hometree is a nature restoration charity, based in the west of Ireland. We work to establish and restore resilient habitats, focusing on native temperate rainforests. Our approach integrates community, culture, science and natural systems.

Watch back all three of our Rewilding Seminars for some excellent insights on rewilding in practice and in theory, from small-scale personal interventions to the landscape scale, and in the context of past, present, and future ecosystems 💚

Future of sika deer in question following invasive species classification Ireland must now devise a plan to control the growing numbers

The designation of sika deer as an invasive species is excellent news for native Irish forests and nature generally.

Logically, their legally protected status must now be removed immediately.
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Ireland’s sika deer may face cull following ‘invasive species’ classification Ireland must now devise a plan to control the growing numbers

This will be controversial for some, but sika deer populations are exploding in Kerry, Wicklow, Fermanagh and all over Ireland. They’re a massive threat to the regeneration of forests everywhere.

So this is very good news.

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Dublin Bay’s oyster graveyard rises from dead in effort to restore rich ecosystem Pioneering scheme hopes species that thrived for thousands of years in Irish waters can do so again

Early days but this is a brilliant initiative

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

UN treaty to protect ‘extraordinary’ marine life due to come into force World-first pact aims to protect 10 million species from threats like climate change, overfishing and deep-sea mining.

A big day for the sea as the treaty to allow for the creation of Marine Protected areas on the high seas comes into force today!

www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...

England’s population density is more than five times greater than ours, so it’s not a question of space.

We could do this…

"Ensuring in-depth and effective stakeholder engagement for this plan with NGOs, researchers, experts and local communities (including small scale fishing communities and farmers) is vital" - Grace Carr, IWT Marine Advocacy Officer in @independent.ie
www.independent.ie/life/climate...

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Rewilding Europe have launched a free, online “Introduction to Rewilding” course on the UK Open University. It covers all dimensions: terrestrial, freshwater and marine. Includes both the wider context, and what to consider as you begin your own #rewilding journey. Fabulous resource.

Information can be hard to find about the increasing amount of great work going on in nature restoration/ecosystem recovery/rewilding in Ireland.

I’ve set up Wilder Ireland therefore, to showcase positive developments as I learn about them.

#NatureRecovery #EcosystemRestoration #Rewilding