Protect natural habitats

A WALK on a country road these days will show that we don’t have to look too far to see nature showing its face again, writes Donal Hickey.

Greening of ditches and hedgerows has begun, while campaigns have got under way in Ireland and the UK to create more awareness of these wonders of nature. The idea is to ensure that wild plants and animals in the world all around us thrive, in spite of all the forces that are massed against them.

The Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT) has launched a new project titled, Networks for Nature, which aims to educate and empower local communities and tidy towns groups to manage and cherish roadside verges which, it emphasises, are important refuges for many forms of life and wild flowers.