Organic farms aid land biodiversity

Reports from both the EU Commission and from Birdlife International show that biodiversity is, despite all the targets, under severe pressure.

Almost half of the bird populations in the EU 27 are somewhere between “near threatened” and “critically endangered” according to the Birdlife International report. Ireland has 16 threatened species, the report says, which is almost 10% of our 162 species.

The EU Commission’s State of Nature in the EU report, if anything, paints an even bleaker picture. While couched in the wishy washy language of a “mixed picture” the reality is anything but mixed. Somehow, the fact that half of Europe’s bird species are “secure” is presented as a positive.