Commitment to protect land and marine ecosystems made at One Planet Summit hosted by French president Macron

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to ‘give careful consideration’ to findings

Environmental groups call for an independent National Parks and Wildlife Service

Annual negotiations on agreeing quotas and allowable catches are continuing in Brussels

Move would have far-reaching consequences for State-owned Coillte and Bord na Móna

Dogs blamed for extinction of hares from world-recognised Dublin Bay nature reserve

Minister for Climate Action spoke of forestry as a solution to climate emergency

Researcher urges multistakeholder form as way forward if sector is to develop

Biodiversity is more than a concept – it’s a revelation of what the world could look like

Study says 50 per cent of freshwaters are polluted, leading to decline in salmon stocks

An ever-depleting natural world has huge implications for the coming generation

Children may have to be taught about life forms ‘in the past tense’, claims Senator

Sixth wave of extinction dawns as planet’s life-support systems near danger zone

Irish Wildlife Trust says habitats and wildlife devastated through years of annual wildfires

Irish Wildlife Trust opposes wind turbines on proposed Shannon Wilderness Park

Claims wildlife driven into extinction as habitat replaced by unnatural conifers

Lack of policial action on climate change has spawned a movement of strong, committed environmental activists

One-third of groups examined ‘are threatened or near-threatened with dying out’

Restoring the golden eagle to the west has found the limits to bringing back a carnivore

Environmental group says hedge-cutting in August will cause problems for nesting birds

Native to big sandy bays on the west coast it may not survive to breed there any more

Senator Grace O’Sullivan says vulnerable areas should be first to be protected

‘If the Government put more funds into educating people on recognising and managing these species, money would be saved in the long run’

Irish Wildlife Trust calls for full legal protection for threatened sealife

Badgers to be vaccinated to stamp out TB in cattle

Another Life: Michael Viney on a chance for Ireland to catch up with other countries

November is the perfect time to plant this fast-growing, ultra-colourful and deeply scented annual climber

Irish Wildlife Trust says official certificate a marketing tactic and example of ‘greenwash’

‘Some people think this is funny, to get lost in the rhododendron. But it isn’t funny at all’

National Heritage Week a prime opportunity to connect with our natural environment

Michael Viney: A blazing furze bush is a furnace of wildlife

Wildlife group warns of enormous damage caused to areas with special environmental protection

A protest march against the destruction caused by out-of-control gorse fires is being organised in Kenmare, Co Kerry

Michael Viney on Pádraic Fogarty’s ‘Whittled Away: Ireland’s Vanishing Nature’

Conservationists are concerned about how the badger cull is being implemented in Ireland – and many fear it’s a poor method of preventing bovine tuberculosis

We asked coastal cognoscenti for the inside track on the best lesser-known sights and activities dotted around Ireland’s 7,800km coastline this bank holiday weekend

Irish Wildlife Trust expresses concern over ‘continuing decline of marine environment’

Bad weather prevents Naval Service boarding fishing vessels for inspection

Irish wildlife has felt the effect of a prolonged winter