Cork Nature Network, in partnership with Community Foundation Ireland, is pleased to announce a Community Information and Consultation event for the development of the Ballydehob Biodiversity Action Plan on Saturday November 11, from 2pm in Ballydehob Community Hall. A biodiversity action plan is a strategic document that outlines specific actions […]
Environment
There are not many rivers that you would consider drinking directly from if you were thirsty and yet, for the majority of human evolution, this was an unquestionable norm. We now rely on engineering and chemistry to bring our polluted water clean to us for consumption. Dutch-based NGO ‘Drinkable Rivers’ […]
Environmental group reveals results of survey as it launches petition calling for legislation Fair Seas has published the results of its first Ocean Literacy Survey which highlights that 76 per cent of people in Ireland believe “lack of political will to protect or manage the ocean effectively” is the greatest […]
Animals often have misleading names: a white rhinoceros isn’t white, a black kite isn’t black. The common gull isn’t particularly common and the bald eagle certainly isn’t bald. A bream can be either a freshwater fish in the carp family or a member of two different families of sea fish; […]
If we are really serious about reducing emissions of greenhouse gases and not introducing invasive pests into our environment, then growing local without pesticides and supporting local growers has never been more important. While it isn’t an easy path, an inspiring nursery and flower farm in Kinsale has been doing […]
Last month, in the article about marine plastic pollution, I mentioned animals called salps. Not everyone will know what a salp is. They belong to the Tunicata, a division of the Phylum Chordata – animals with spinal cords, which includes all the vertebrates, and us. The most familiar of the […]