A new law aimed at tackling deforestation risks disrupting commodities exports to the European Union, raising prices for consumers and threatening the livelihoods of farmers from Indonesia to Honduras.
Biodiversity
Game Changers: We have been taught over generations to see the role of nature in our lives as unimportant. For us to survive and thrive, that message needs to change
Active conservation, through management of problematic species, appropriately managed protected areas and habitat restoration, was generally very effective
Native Irish Honey Bee Society announces seven queen bee rearing workshops to curb impact of hive hybrids
Failure to ratify law ‘would be a carte blanche to destroy nature’, Minister for Environment Eamon Ryan says
Investigator Kieran Buckley says the National Parks and Wildlife Service has grown in size and activity but it needs more powers to tackle the scale of wildlife crime
Éanna Ní Lamhna on winter gnats, a goldfinch-canary hybrid and insect biodiversity
A new book by Seán Ó Gaoithín tells the stories of 28 woods in Co Donegal that are deeply complex spaces full of life
The near-universality of the DNA code is convincing evidence modern life traces back to a single ancestor
Over the last few decades, we’ve driven the salmon from our rivers, recklessly but ruthlessly
A growing band of scientists and river advocates across Europe are removing barriers at a record rate, enabling fish to navigate waterways as before
One study has described rats and other mammalian invaders as ‘the greatest threat to island biodiversity’, but there are causes for optimism
The conditions for plant survival and growth are going to change: we need to help them adapt
Combined pressures of over-exploitation and climate changes are not without consequences for human development
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