"Rewilding is a deeper, more philosophical way of thinking about our future and about how we interact with nature"
And it's reversing damage that's been done to nature all over the world!
www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/artic...
Once-exploited environments are being brought back from the brink by rewilding — and tourism is playing a role in sustaining this ecological regeneration.
Ireland on fire: With hill fires devastating habitats in dry spells, we need tougher enforcement, restored peatlands and a new approach to managing uplands...
jrnl.ie/7060104
I interviewed Maria Reumert Gjerding last year for this article about the 'Agreement on a Green Denmark' which is radically progressive when you look at the stagnation in Irish farming and fishing. I wish her well!
www.irishtimes.com/science/2026...
Related story on how Denmark has abolished it's Department of Agriculture! "In their place will be a minister for nature and animal welfare, with the agriculture portfolio split between that department and four others"
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Extraordinary development in Denmark where commercial fishing is now within the Department for the Environment and the new minister was until recently the head of the Danish Society for Nature Conservation 👀...
thefishingdaily.com/latest-news/...
It’s #WorldOceansDay
We just did a full #RTECountrywide on why Marine Protected Areas are now critical.
Listen: 👉 dj.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
The map is a Spillhaus Projection of the globe I keep on my office wall as a reminder of why the oceans matter.
More native forests and wetter bogs will help fire proof our country while we also need stiffer fines and more prosecutions for fire starters.
The law should include an outright ban on burning the countryside.
jrnl.ie/7060104
I feel like I've been reading the same article about the State's failures for 30 years
www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
Pádraic Fogarty
Pádraic Fogarty
Pádraic Fogarty
Wow!
200,000km² of ocean declared entirely off-limits to fishing in some of the most biodiverse waters on earth 🌏
That's a win 🙌
#oceanoptimism
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/papua-n...
The Journal
A good letter venting the frustration many of us feel at the endless talk around protecting the sea which never seems to be matched by action
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
Denmark dismantles its fisheries ministry, moving the sector under the environment department and a strict new conservationist leader
With hill fires devastating habitats in Ireland in dry spells, we need tougher enforcement, restored peatlands and a new approach to managing our uplands, writes Pádraic Fogarty.
With hill fires devastating habitats in Ireland in dry spells, we need tougher enforcement, restored peatlands and a new approach to managing our uplands, writes Pádraic Fogarty.
