Biodiversity crisis undermines Ireland's 'green' credentials

Paltry funding, contradictory policy, flagrant law breaking, inadequate monitoring, and poor public communication remain the biggest barriers to solving Ireland's biodiversity crisis, a major review of the national five-year plan has found.

The National Biodiversity Forum report on the National Biodiversity Action Plan (NBAP) 2017-2021 made five headline recommendations for heritage minister Malcolm Noonan to consider.