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<p>The Mountain Wilderness association estimates that there are more than 3,000 abandoned structures dotted around French mountains, slowly degrading Europe’s richest wild terrain</p>

outdoors

Hundreds of ski slopes lie abandoned... will nature reclaim the Alps?

With the snow line edging higher, 186 French ski resorts have shut, while global heating threatens dozens more

<p>Lobster. The limitations of Natura 2000 have been apparent for some time: the lists are too short; whole groups of endangered species, such as sharks and rays, or rare shellfish, are ignored. Fish species are completely absent. Picture: Pádraic Fogarty</p>

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Why are our marine 'protected' areas still nothing more than lines on maps?

<p>NPWS: Lough Hyne Nature Reserve, 65 ha established in 1981 and State-owned. "This is a sea lough with a very wide range of important habitats within the lough and its seaward approaches, a range seldom found in more extensive areas elsewhere. These varied habitats support an exceptionally wide range of animal and plant species."</p>

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Irish State should declare it is keen to see new nature reserves established — and is open to applications

Large scale peat excavation with machinery from a bog in County Tipperary which can be used for garden centre fertiliser Ireland

outdoors

Anja Murray: Turf continues to be illegally extracted from protected areas

Bee - Apis mellifera - pollinates Anemone hupehensis, the Chinese anemone or Japanese anemone, thimbleweed, or windflower

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Ireland near bottom of EU league for biodiversity lands

Brexit is bad for wildlife