Does the national lockdown have any silver linings? Well, one was seeing the motorway verges covered in Dandelions and Cowslips on a recent trip to Newbridge. The delay in routine mowing along the motorways has allowed these wildflowers to flourish … Continued
Dr. Liam Lysaght provides an update on the Butterfly Atlas 2021 and reports on the large amount of information that is being generated through this citizen science project on the impacts of climate and landscape change on butterfly populations. … Continued
Dr Úna FitzPatrick explains how you can help to monitor our bee populations and test the impact of your actions for pollinators. One third of Ireland’s 98 wild bees are threatened with extinction and our common bumblebees continue to show … Continued
Intern Miriam Harvey Graham discusses her passion for nature and her time with the National Biodiversity Data Centre ‘If you look the right way, you can see the whole world is a garden… as long as you have a … Continued
Dr Úna FitzPatrick, Senior Ecologist with the National Biodiversity Data Centre, explains the appeal of finding rare plants for the Rare Plant Monitoring Scheme Some people know I really like wild bees. Here’s a secret: I like wild plants even … Continued
With Ireland becoming only the second country in the world to declare a climate and biodiversity emergency, Dr. Liam Lysaght, Centre Director shares his personal observations on what this declaration means for him. For the first time in the 30 … Continued
The Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service (IPBES) has published its global assessment on the state of the world’s biodiversity and ecosystem services. In a personal comment piece Dr. Liam Lysaght, Director of the National Biodiversity Data Centre, reflects … Continued
May day! May day! Iceberg right ahead! No need to be alarmed! Indeed, May day has come and passed, thankfully without disaster, and how welcomed it was. Summer is upon us once again and for another season we’ll get to … Continued
More than 3,000 delegates representing 196 governments & NGOs assembled in Egypt recently for the 14th meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention of Biological Diversity. The 196 Governments, including Ireland, agreed to scale up investment in nature … Continued
Following publication of the mid-term review of the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan 2015-2020, Dr Úna Fitzpatrick reflects on some of the achievements and challenges faced. I haven’t worked a day in my life. – If that was the case … Continued
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