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natterjack toads
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Boom or bust for endangered natterjack toads
Celebrating the release of almost 500 natterjack toadlets at Castlegregory, Co. Kerry, late July 2022, Dr Ferdia Marnell, the amphibian specialist at National Parks and Wildlife Service who has been overseeing the project, refers to the natterjack toads as a “boom or bust” species. And this year was not one of the good ones. The captive rearing ensures that some eggs do make it through to toadlets every year and…
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National Parks
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No change to the size of national parks in the near future
Ireland’s national parks currently stretch across an expanse of 65,000ha of land. Minister of State for Heritage, Malcolm Noonan, has shared that the Department of Heritage has no plans to extend them.  Expanding these areas would see private farmland included in the country’s six national parks – Killarney National Park, Connemara National Park, Glenveagh National Park, Wicklow Mountains National Park, Burren National Park and Wild Nephin National Park. In response…
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National Parks & Wildlife Service NPWS
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NPWS plan hopes to minimize species loss and habitat decline
The Government has been criticised for dragging its heels on reform of the National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS), and for its failure to publish an independent review of its operation committed to in the programme. Minister of State for Heritage Malcolm Noonan has now confirmed that a plan to transform the NPWS will shortly go before Cabinet. This is hoped to increase resources to help arrest species loss and habitat decline…
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Biodiversity
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NPWS opens applications for biodiversity scheme
Applications are now open for a grant scheme providing up to €5,000 to support Ireland’s biodiversity and nature recording community. The venture is run by The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS). All recorded data is utilised by the NPWS to generate information on species and habitats while providing advice on nature conservation objectives and measures to protect biodiversity. Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan, announced the start…
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