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A special conference is to take place in Limerick to discuss the Biodiversity Emergency and how the local authorities and the wider public service sectors and other key partners can help mitigate some of the issues. ‘How Local Authorities Can Address the Biodiversity Emergency’ is being held on Wednesday 21st and Thursday 22nd September 2022 at […]

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Taoiseach Releases White Tailed Sea Eagle Chicks in Significant Biodiversity Initiative

By Ryan Harmon 8 August 2022

The Taoiseach was in Tarbert, Co Kerry, along with the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), to release White-tailed Eagles into the wild. This is part of a long-term initiative to re-establish a population of this iconic, and once extinct, species in Ireland. These white-tailed Eagle chicks arrived in Kerry Airport on Friday July 1st […]

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Fingal County Council Publish Draft Biodiversity Action Plan

By Ryan Harmon 2 June 2022

Fingal County Council has published a Draft Biodiversity Action Plan for Fingal covering 2022 to 2030. This plan puts forward an ambitious programme of 100 actions required to address biodiversity loss and reverse decline in biodiversity by 2030. Hans Visser, Fingal County Council’s Biodiversity Officer, says the loss of biodiversity is a threat on the same scale […]

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Kick-Starting Irish Business Action On Biodiversity

By Ryan Harmon 21 April 2022

As the latest meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity draws to a close, Orlaith Delargy discusses the future role of biodiversity in Irish business, and some of KPMG’s recent work in the area. Ireland declared a climate and biodiversity emergency back in 2019, and last year fixed a national objective, enshrined in law, seeking […]

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€1.35 million to be made available for local authorities – Biodiversity Grant Scheme

By Jack Mullen 3 March 2021

Picture above: Malcolm Noonan. Image courtesy of Twitter Malcolm Noonan T.D., Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, has today, World Wildlife Day (March 3rd 2021), announced that over €1.35 million will be made available to local authorities in the Local Authority Biodiversity Grant Scheme for projects which tackle Invasive Alien Species (IAS) and […]

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National Biodiversity Plan has failed to halt loss of nature

By Jack Mullen 17 February 2021

The current National Biodiversity Plan has failed to stem the loss of nature in Ireland, a new report has warned. The National Biodiversity Forum delivered their assessment in a report to Minister of State Malcolm Noonan yesterday (16/02/21) and urged the government to radically step up its efforts to address the biodiversity crisis in the […]

How Local Authorities Can Address the Biodiversity Emergency

Taoiseach Releases White Tailed Sea Eagle Chicks in Significant Biodiversity Initiative

Fingal County Council Publish Draft Biodiversity Action Plan

Kick-Starting Irish Business Action On Biodiversity

€1.35 million to be made available for local authorities – Biodiversity Grant Scheme

National Biodiversity Plan has failed to halt loss of nature

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