Future Wild

Nature Restoration in Ireland

Richard Nairn (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

276 Seiten

2024
New Island Books (Verlag)
978-1-83594-001-3 (ISBN)

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From the popular ecology writer comes an inspiring and practical call to restore nature.

Ireland has little left of its original natural habitats. Many species, like the curlew, are under pressure due to intensive practices such as farming, forestry and fisheries and some are threatened with extinction. But given a little help from us, nature has the innate capacity to restore itself.

Nature restoration is the positive management of the environment for the benefit of wildlife and people. It looks to the future, by steering natural habitats and wildlife in a better and more sustainable direction.

In Future Wild: Nature Restoration in Ireland, Richard Nairn explores numerous active restoration projects around Ireland which show how natural habitats and native species can be restored sustainably for the benefit of everyone. From individual landowners and voluntary organisations to state bodies such as Bord na Móna, he meets the people who are dedicated to nature restoration.

By turns shocking, hopeful and finally positive, Future Wild shows that the damage we have done to nature can also be undone by us, and that, with nature restoration, we can create a richer and more diverse environment for generations to come.

RICHARD NAIRN is an ecologist and writer who has published seven previous books including a recent trilogy on nature in Ireland. He holds a Master’s Degree in Zoology and has published many scientific papers. During his long career he worked as a nature reserve warden and was the first National Director of BirdWatch Ireland. He lives on a small farm in County Wicklow which is dedicated to nature restoration. richardnairn.ie

Introduction

In search of wilderness

Has nature conservation failed?

Restoring the woods

Reimagining the hills

Farming with nature

Rivers running free

Peatland rehab

Rediscovering the sea

Losers and winners

Bringing them back

Restoring the future – a noble goal

Acknowledgements

References

Index 244

Erscheinungsdatum	17.09.2024
Verlagsort	Dublin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	135 x 215 mm
Gewicht	321 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Umweltrecht
ISBN-10	1-83594-001-3 / 1835940013
ISBN-13	978-1-83594-001-3 / 9781835940013
Zustand	Neuware