Our Horse's Mouth farmer to farmer mentorship programme is open for applications until May 31.
Get advice from another farmer on how to make space on your farm for nature 🐞🐸🦉🦇🌿
50 places available!
Apply here - bit.ly/TheHorsesMouth

Barriers in rivers act like blocked and clogged arteries in humans; they slowly kill.

When they are taken away, life returns in droves and water quality improves.

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The five year Pearl Mussel Project ended in December 2023. On behalf of the PMP team & our many partners, we would like to extend thanks to all participating farmers for their involvement with project over the last 5 years. We couldn’t have done it without you & your committment!

The recent fires on our uplands are appalling. They're causing huge devastation to nature, impacting local people’s wellbeing and are a burden on our emergency services.

Would even paradise itself be worth the suffering of a single tortured child?

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Good news‼️😀 Conservation actions are effective at reducing global biodiversity loss, according to a major study.

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Tanzania floods and landslides kill more than 150 - PM Kassim Majaliwa bbc.in/3JBmIuu

Oceans are dying, and we remain fundamentally dependent on them for food, energy, and even oxygen irishtimes.com/environment/cl…

A plant’s-eye view of the climate reveals weird new ecosystems irishtimes.com/science/2024/0…

Rats causing havoc on offshore islands, which provide an all-you-can-eat buffet for the invaders irishtimes.com/science/2024/0…

📢 The deadline for submissions is 4.00 pm on Thursday, 6th of June 2024!

Submissions can be made by following this link: consult.kerrycoco.ie/en/consultatio…

Today Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage National Parks and Wildlife Service Malcolm Noonan T.D. are announcing Ireland’s eight National Park, Páirc Náisiúnta na Mara, Ciarraí. Our first Marine National Park. This was a commitment in our programme for Government & we’ve delivered on it.

I'm so proud today to officially announce, with Minister Darragh O'Brien, Ireland's eighth and largest national park: Páirc Náisiúnta na Mara, Ciarraí. With the Conor Pass as its gateway, our first marine national park will see this iconic place protected for future generations.

We have chicks! The first of the National Parks and Wildlife Service live-streaming Chough nests in West Cork has started hatching. First hatching at 1am this morning and now at least three. Notice Nature Ireland NPWS Nature Conservation

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Today we welcome Páírc Náisiúnta na Mara, Ciarraí – Ireland’s first Marine National Park and our eighth National Park.

The Pairc includes the Conor Pass, as well as new sites at Inch Peninsula, Mount Brandon and the Owenmore River in Co. Kerry.

Help restore native meadows by reducing mowing to just once a month

You don't need a big garden. You don't need to buy wildflower seed mixes. Real, native wildflowers are already in the soil, waiting for a chance to grow 🐝

More here➡️ tinyurl.com/mr36mz25

#EarthDay

Our first Farming for Nature Ambassador walk of 2024 - 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐑𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝟒𝟎𝟎 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐩 🗓️May 19 in Donegal 📷Boyd Bryce, Sheep Farmer 📷bit.ly/FFNFarmwalks

This week we have an intense workshop on tipping points and application of our toolbox, at #GES4SEAS project, hosted by Vanessa Stelzenmüller in Bremerhaven

Hard work ahead!

Ireland must undertake as much bog restoration as possible to meet climate and nature targets, and so the failure to get Derryclare’s restoration in Connemara across the line is a significant setback

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I have reported in Rwanda three times. On my fourth attempt, I was not allowed on the plane

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