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by Dr Feargal Duff, IDEA. ‘If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change’ From THE LEOPARD Guiseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa The two key challenges with respect to the global environment are to ensure a sustainable energy supply while avoiding climate change and to ensure food security without biodiversity loss. If we continue with business as usual we may face an increase in global mean temperatures by 4 degrees C [...]
‘Well worth doing’, ‘this was a great mix of theory, practical and putting learning into action’ and ‘excellent course’ were just some of the comments from the course participants from the first Measuring , Monitoring and Management course held in April. Due to demand the IPCC are offering their new course ‘Measuring, Monitoring and Management of Irish Habitats and Wildlife’ again on the 14th and 15th July. Whether you are a new graduate seeking employment, [...]
2010 is a year to celebrate and the Irish Peatland Conservation Council will be at the core of the celebrations as it is the International Year of Biodiversity. It is a celebration of the enormous variety of all living things on earth and of the value of biodiversity in our lives. The week beginning the 17th May will be one of intense activity at the Bog of Allen Nature Centre in which we are hoping [...]
As wildfires across the west of Ireland consume more than 1,500 acres of forestry and cost more than €2 million in April alone, farmers are claiming that they are forced to burn their lands to keep them accessible to livestock or the areas will be excluded from support payment. In a radio debate with the environmental group Friends of the Irish Environment, the IFA claimed that farmers have always burned scrub but that recent abandonment [...]
ECO-UNESCO’s Young Environmentalist Awards Showcase Top Environmental Projects in Ireland and Northern Ireland From Climate Change to guerrilla gardening, bird watching to engineering solar powered iPod chargers—and everything in between—it’s all covered by this year’s talented batch of ECO-UNESCO Young Environmentalists. Up to 2,000 young people will attend the ECO-UNESCO Young Environmentalist Awards in Dublin’s Mansion House on May 12. The free showcase, open to the public will highlight the 50 shortlisted projects from young [...]
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A number of IEN members are working together on Biodiversity issues.
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