This article by Mike Waltman was published in Dec 2023 by the journalism branch of the Institute on the Environment UMN
It references Woodlands of Ireland CEO Joe Gowran & the late Andrew St. Ledger of the The Woodland League
➡️ ensia.com/features/refor…
#ClimateChange #ForestExpansion #WoodlandsofIreland
Pádraic Fogarty Mike Waltman What about static gear.Entanglement is one of main causes for whale and shark deaths.Nobody seems to bother, absolutely nothing being done to prevent this regardless of what people say
Can forest expansion balance climate change, economic growth and ecological health? ensia.com/features/refor… #forests The Woodland League Woodlands of Ireland by Mike Waltman
Mike Waltman An Bord Pleanála Ørsted and 2 Irish State owned companies want to erect nineteen 200m high industrial wind turbines on a #peat bog beside the #Natura2000 Salmonid Gweebarra River & we await the planning Board's decision. DM if you have any questions. See the file ⬇️ pleanala.ie/en-ie/case/316…
Mike Waltman Yes, we support such efforts across fragmented landscapes. The success seen in Sabah needs to be replicated at scale. See HUTAN - KOCP and also bringingbackourrareanimals.org
Mike Waltman I think the main thing is the technique, most of the dredge effort is boats <12m, it's really important this comes to an end
Mike Waltman I have no issue with those approaches, but nor are they my thing. What nature needs more than anything else is space that isn't used extractively by us at all, ie rewilding. *That's* my thing.
Pádraic Fogarty How do you feel about Option 4? All boats over 15m excluded from trawling inside six nautical miles. Any value to the argument I've seen some people making that it's a workable compromise?
Pádraic Fogarty Thanks for sharing all these MPA updates. I'm writing an article on Ireland's marine spatial planning strategy within this MPA initiative and looking to interview someone in the Donegal/Sligo area. Any chance you can recommend someone?