‘National Parks and Wildlife Service must be beefed-up’

Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT) said the NPWS has been defunded under previous governments

Penny Bartlett, a Conservation Ranger with the National Parks and Wildlife Service, on duty at Mullaghmore mountain in Co Clare. Picture: Press 22

Developing a strong and independent nature-conservation agency is the most important element in addressing the biodiversity emergency.

That’s the view of the Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT), which has welcomed an announcement that a strategic review of the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is underway.