Birdwatch Ireland: Conservation groups 'woefully and shamefully underfunded'

Ireland's conservation non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are “woefully and shamefully underfunded”, relying almost exclusively on donations, Birdwatch Ireland has said.

Government commitment towards biodiversity is mere lip service with most of Ireland's conservation non-governmental organisations (NGOs) “woefully and shamefully underfunded”, relying almost exclusively on donations.

That's according to BirdWatch Ireland, which said the lack of funding for like-minded groups was all the more perplexing, considering the stark ecological outlook presented in a major report by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).