Jack Prendergast
@jack019.bsky.social
Interested in fishing, cycling, the environment and rugby. 🇮🇪
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Tropical rainforest equal in area to the Irish Republic was destroyed last year, breaking all records.
This is a monstrous daily crime, and the main cause is, as always, clearing more land for livestock.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
This is a monstrous daily crime, and the main cause is, as always, clearing more land for livestock.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Fires cause record loss of tropical forests in climate threat
Tropical forests provide a buffer against climate change, but disappeared faster than ever recorded last year.
www.bbc.com
May 21, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Tropical rainforest equal in area to the Irish Republic was destroyed last year, breaking all records.
This is a monstrous daily crime, and the main cause is, as always, clearing more land for livestock.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
This is a monstrous daily crime, and the main cause is, as always, clearing more land for livestock.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Great headline 😅
The NPWS are making strides towards addressing some key issues in our National Parks. Thanks to @whittledaway.bsky.social for bringing these stories to light.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
The NPWS are making strides towards addressing some key issues in our National Parks. Thanks to @whittledaway.bsky.social for bringing these stories to light.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
Stiff competition but Connemara is one of the most degraded landscapes in Ireland
It's 30 years since the damage from free-roaming sheep first became apparent. Rising awareness of the climate and biodiversity crisis should have, by now, forced the State to provide alternatives to f...
www.irishexaminer.com
April 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Great headline 😅
The NPWS are making strides towards addressing some key issues in our National Parks. Thanks to @whittledaway.bsky.social for bringing these stories to light.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
The NPWS are making strides towards addressing some key issues in our National Parks. Thanks to @whittledaway.bsky.social for bringing these stories to light.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
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An introductory blog on rewilding and why now is the time
#rewilding
www.rewildyourland.ie/post/why-rew...
#rewilding
www.rewildyourland.ie/post/why-rew...
Why rewilding?
Now is the time for rewilding on a large scale across Ireland. This is a small step in that direction.
www.rewildyourland.ie
February 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
An introductory blog on rewilding and why now is the time
#rewilding
www.rewildyourland.ie/post/why-rew...
#rewilding
www.rewildyourland.ie/post/why-rew...
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Rewilding is urgently needed to minimise the impact of fires on our landscapes - this from @rewildingbritain.org.uk explains why.
Simply put: healthy, diverse natural ecosystems, which in Ireland usually means wet, do not burn well or for long.
www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/why-rewild/b...
Simply put: healthy, diverse natural ecosystems, which in Ireland usually means wet, do not burn well or for long.
www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/why-rewild/b...
Rewilding and wildfire prevention
The threat of wildfires is growing in Britain due to climate breakdown. Find out how rewilding offers a nature-based solution to reduce wildfire risk.
www.rewildingbritain.org.uk
February 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Rewilding is urgently needed to minimise the impact of fires on our landscapes - this from @rewildingbritain.org.uk explains why.
Simply put: healthy, diverse natural ecosystems, which in Ireland usually means wet, do not burn well or for long.
www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/why-rewild/b...
Simply put: healthy, diverse natural ecosystems, which in Ireland usually means wet, do not burn well or for long.
www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/why-rewild/b...
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Please read this utterly brilliant take-down of the notion that fossil fuel lobbying is good for climate action, by @thinkorswim.bsky.social
www.thejournal.ie/readme/lobby...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/lobby...
January 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Please read this utterly brilliant take-down of the notion that fossil fuel lobbying is good for climate action, by @thinkorswim.bsky.social
www.thejournal.ie/readme/lobby...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/lobby...
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Pair trawling is an "ecological disaster" says the Irish Wildlife Trust. The fact that it continues represents everything that is wrong about how our seas are managed.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
Pair trawling: Sieving the life out of small bays and estuaries
Pair trawling involves two boats dragging a single net through the water column to scoop up shoals of small fish, usually sprats, which are no more than a few centimetres in length. The practice illus...
www.irishexaminer.com
December 29, 2024 at 10:13 AM
Pair trawling is an "ecological disaster" says the Irish Wildlife Trust. The fact that it continues represents everything that is wrong about how our seas are managed.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...