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7 April 2002
"The thing is complicated by the fact that there has to be some grazing. Because if you do not have grazing, the grass grows too well and the orchids and the violets and the gentians would all be crowded out."

Scientist warns of deteriorating Burren

Irish Times

20 March 2002

 The council has requested Dúchas to respond to Mr O'Donoghue's rebuttal to its claims over the impact the development will have on the limestone pavement and orchid-rich grassland

Duchas opposes Burren house plan

Irish Times
Irish Independent
The LNAC is calling for comments on the draft recommendations

Lough Neagh management strategy consultation

Lough Neagh Advisory Committee

18 March 2002
In Lough Sheelin, until recently the country’s most important trout lake, the number of fish fell from 120,000 to fewer than 10,000 in just seven years

Pollution sparks Irish fish crisis

Times

17 March 2002

 National Parks should be considered after all remaining AONBs have been designated"

Campaigners lobby for NI national park

BBC

Only 35,000 have signed up to the new scheme

Farmers turn backs on €2bn 'green' scheme

Irish Times

An environmental impact assessment was not carried out with regard to a peat extraction project in an environmentally sensitive area (Mouds Bog, County Kildare)

Commission acts against Ireland

European Commission

... there are still significant omissions from the list in the area of raised bogs, salmon rivers and offshore cold-water coral reefs

Ireland fails to comply

European Commission

16 March 2002

 The Save the Swilly organisation ... is calling for a moratorium on aquaculture licensing in the deep-water sea lough

Study of Swilly commissioned as aquaculture expands

Irish Times

15 March 2002

 Thousands of farmed salmon escaped from cages off the atlantic coast

Fears over farmed salmon escape

Irish Independent

13 March 2002

 A wealth of flora and fauna had also been discovered at Caherillan, a ruined 15th-century tower house ... including hibernating insects such as tortoiseshell butterflies, herald moths and wild bees, as well as long-eared bats

Buildings restoration imperils rare wildlife species

Irish Times

"These people just don't care"

Fuel 'washing' a hazard to ecology

Irish Times

12 March 2002

 "The majority of our rivers and groundwaters are of good quality. However, nitrate losses are one aspect of the broader problem of diffuse pollution from agriculture"

Fury over NVZ plan

Newsletter

8 March 2002

 ... they should "protect wild salmon stocks, which are a unique and valuable resource for the whole nation"

Quotas on wild salmon catches endorsed

Irish Times

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