Person: Eoghan Daltun

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<p>Costa Rica: Corcovado National Park, Osa Peninsula. Pictures: Eoghan Daltun</p>

S outdoors

Learning from an awe-inspiring immense ecosystem that has returned to life

Rewilding ecologist and author Eoghan Daltun visited Costa Rica to see first-hand how the country has managed over the last 30 years to reverse one of the worst deforestation rates in all Latin America, becoming a global leader in nature conservation and restoration

<p>Irish nature is wrecked... but blaming farmers is not only wrong, it gets us absolutely nowhere. The land is their livelihood</p>

outdoors

Eoghan Daltun: Irish nature is wrecked — we need a plan to bring back what we've lost

<p>Eoghan Daltun: "Increased farm subsidies for any land known to be part of a lynx territory would go a very long way towards a successful programme, with farmers and rural communities seeing them as an asset, rather than a liability imposed from outside"</p>

outdoors

Eoghan Daltun: We need to talk about a missing native Irish species — the lynx

outdoors

Eoghan Daltun: Ireland's forestry policy needs a radical rethink — here's why and how

culture

West Cork island to host new literary festival in mid-August

culture

In pictures: Authors and audiences at West Cork Literary Festival in Bantry

Irish Examiner view: Food for the brain

West Cork Literary Festival

Sat, 08 Jul, 2023

Killarney National Park being allowed to die away, climate change conference hears

Ancient Ireland was around 80% forest with the rest made up of the likes of bogs. Today, that figure is a paltry 1% to 1.5%, rewilding campaigner Eoghan Daltun said.

Wed, 26 Apr, 2023

Eoghan Daltun: Ireland should be a rainforest nation — so why isn't it?

Letting our last pieces of rainforest dwindle and die away is as destructive to our heritage as throwing unique artifacts like the Ardagh Chalice into a giant crusher

Wed, 19 Apr, 2023

Eoghan Daltun: We need rewilding on a massive scale in Ireland

Killarney’s rich forest is dying, and despite knowing this for more than half a century, authorities have done nothing effective to turn the situation around

Wed, 12 Apr, 2023

The beaver: An ecological superstar we should bring to this country

Eoghan Daltun makes the case for introducing beavers to Ireland — he says these 'gorgeous creatures' could help make ecosystems more resilient

Mon, 17 Oct, 2022

The Beara rainforest: when healthy natural habitats are given a chance, 'the wild will return'

In an age of collapsing biodiversity, restoring and expanding those that remain has never been more urgent

Thu, 29 Sep, 2022

Eoghan Daltun: ‘I knew this was where I wanted to spend the rest of my life’

On the Beara peninsula, a temperate rainforest thrives — the life work of Eoghan Daltun and his decision to move from Dublin to rewild a 73-acre farm. He tells his story in a new book

Sat, 17 Sep, 2022

Turning over an old leaf - Crawford Art Gallery statues to make 'Fig Reveal' in Cork

A somewhat unusual conservation project is about to begin in Cork - taking a peek under some fig leaves hiding the modesty of six 200-year-old sculptures of males.

Tue, 28 May, 2019

Discover a hidden away rainforest on the Beara peninsula

Hidden away on the Beara peninsula is one of our last remaining rainforests, discovers Carl Dixon.

Fri, 28 Apr, 2017

VIDEO: When time stands still - restoring the national monument

Eoin English looks at the skilled conservation work now underway to restore the National Monument on Grand Parade ahead of the Easter Rising commemorations planned for Cork in 2016

Mon, 18 Aug, 2014