Batsh*t Crazy Green Party

[jeepers]

The regulation covers a range of terrestrial, coastal and freshwater, forest, agricultural and urban ecosystems, including wetlands, grasslands, forests, rivers and lakes, as well as marine ecosystems, including seagrass and sponge and coral beds.

How many of those ecosystems in Ireland need correction? I'd wager not that many, possible exception of bogs.

So what will the Nature Restoration Act be used to justify in Ireland do you think?

Well, let's look at that briefly.
Coastal water: pretty good, but we still have beaches failing to get blue flags.
Freshwater: Only half of our freshwater bodies are in satisfactory condition, and the trend is going the wrong way. Satisfactory is not the same as good.
Forests: Only 11% of our land is covered by forest, with non-native sitka spruce taking up 45% of that. We are all familiar with the problem of ash dieback.
Agricultural: The most recent State of the Environment report by the EPA is damning. 85% of listed habitats have an unfavourable conservation status. Wetlands, fish, molluscs, terrestrial mammals and plants are all under pressure. There's been a 14% decline in bee species.

That's just a quick snapshot, mostly sourced from the EPA.

 

[PROCNA2018]

Ok I'd have said raised peatlands and bogs.
Reading the Curia docs from Thready now.

 

[Stacky]

The regulation covers a range of terrestrial, coastal and freshwater, forest, agricultural and urban ecosystems, including wetlands, grasslands, forests, rivers and lakes, as well as marine ecosystems, including seagrass and sponge and coral beds.

How many of those ecosystems in Ireland need correction? I'd wager not that many, possible exception of bogs.

So what will the Nature Restoration Act be used to justify in Ireland do you think?

Our native forests are almost gone.

Even our national parks are denuded of life and native forest cover.

The seas are full of microplastics and rivers and streams are just conduits for farm run-off and Irish Water fish kills.

Most of our hill scenery is barren and devoid of native trees with sheep grazing up on high on every single sapling.

A dead zone.

West Kerry is very bleak in parts and what is not chopped down is covered in bungalow bliss.

This book is a good start without being too negative about what was and what can be:

 

[PROCNA2018]

Our native forests were stripped a long time ago.
I'm all for reforestation but in a sustainable way.
I'd love to see the island covered in forest apart from our farmland etc

 

[Stacky]

Our native forests were stripped a long time ago.
I'm all for reforestation but in a sustainable way.
I'd love to see the island covered in forest apart from our farmland etc

Now it is time to reverse that.

Burning stuff like oil and turf right now is not sustainable as we all know.

No one is even suggesting that we plant native trees on good quality productive farmland.

 

[King Silkbeard]

Now it is time to reverse that.

Burning stuff like oil and turf right now is not sustainable as we all know.

No one is even suggesting that we plant native trees on good quality productive farmland.

The Greens want to rewild Ireland, Scotland wants to re introduce the Wolf, don't think the Farmers would like that here but we could stop Fox hunting.

 

[Blue Jasmin]

The regulation covers a range of terrestrial, coastal and freshwater, forest, agricultural and urban ecosystems, including wetlands, grasslands, forests, rivers and lakes, as well as marine ecosystems, including seagrass and sponge and coral beds.

How many of those ecosystems in Ireland need correction? I'd wager not that many, possible exception of bogs.

So what will the Nature Restoration Act be used to justify in Ireland do you think?

No offense but you're clueless about the degraded state of our natural environment.

We're falling down in every single area you could think of.

It's not just farming that's to blame but nitrates which result from our "grass based" dairy system are a huge problem.

Domestic sewage is still being pumped untreated in some areas in to our waters.

Look up the EPA reports and see for yourself.

You need to get over this conspiracy theory that urban liberal elites are out to get farmers, that's a load of bull which is pushed on here by unemployed trolls who desperately crave attention.

 

[Blue Jasmin]

"Whittled Away" by Padraig Fogarty is an informative read on Ireland's natural environment.

 

[PROCNA2018]

No offense but you're clueless about the degraded state of our natural environment.

We're falling down in every single area you could think of.

It's not just farming that's to blame but nitrates which result from our "grass based" dairy system are a huge problem.

Domestic sewage is still being pumped untreated in some areas in to our waters.

Look up the EPA reports and see for yourself.

You need to get over this conspiracy theory that urban liberal elites are out to get farmers, that's a load of bull which is pushed on here by unemployed trolls who desperately crave attention.

No offence read what else I posted about it.
I asked a question.

Stacky and Thready answered me.

I didn't mention farmers other than to say we should reforest in a sustainable way and not on farmland

 

[TheOutdoorThreadmill]

No offense but you're clueless about the degraded state of our natural environment.

We're falling down in every single area you could think of.

It's not just farming that's to blame but nitrates which result from our "grass based" dairy system are a huge problem.

Domestic sewage is still being pumped untreated in some areas in to our waters.

Look up the EPA reports and see for yourself.

You need to get over this conspiracy theory that urban liberal elites are out to get farmers, that's a load of bull which is pushed on here by unemployed trolls who desperately crave attention.