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Farming and science organisations have hit back at suggestions that intensive farming is mainly to blame for nature decline in the British countryside.

Conservationist Mary McGrath looks at Ireland’s indigenous species and the ways we can all help them survive.

Funding will help conserve or restore more than 106,600 acres of wetlands and associated uplands

Feeding my enchantment is what keeps me connected, curious, and able to remain engaged in the many battles to advocate for the rights of nature

Twenty-one dead Common Terns were lifted from Cockle Island during the recent breeding season.

Environmental activists delivered a petition with about 1,200 signatures opposing the Utah Inland Port Authoritys proposal to approve the Golden Spike Inland Port Project Area.

Environmental groups disagree on the potential impact of the inland port system, arguing that it increases truck and rail traffic.

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Lapwings are red-listed on the Birds of Conservation Concern in Ireland and is a priority species in the North because of its decline, rarity and importance.

Numbers have declined significantly over last 40 years due to the loss of wetland habitat and farming changes