Blanket bans on certain activities, such as towing trawls and dredges across the seafloor, or fixing nets for long periods, or even prohibiting all kinds of fishing or extractive activities from some areas, are urgently needed says ecologist Pádraic Fogarty

More nature reserves are needed here — on public land as well as privately-owned property, says ecologist Pádraic Fogarty

We've been given information, we've been given warnings, we've been given leeway but the scandal is that we still fail to value and protect the fragile ecosystems of our bogs

According to Eurostat, around 1.1 million sq m, or 26% of the total EU land area, is protected. 

Brexit will affect more than our economy and borders. According to Dick Warner it will be detrimental to our wildlife too.