Tag: biodiversity

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  EPA Report: Catastrophic Illegal Peat Harvesting Threatens Ireland’s Environment

  June 27, 2025

  EPA Report: Catastrophic Illegal Peat Harvesting Threatens Ireland’s Environment. Commercial peat extraction operators engaged in large-scale unauthorised peat harvesting activities are in flagrant violation of environmental law

  TAGS: biodiversity, Bog, Bord na Móna, Carbon, Councils, environment, Environmental Crime, EPA, Kildare, Local Authorities, Offaly, Peat, Report, Tipperary, turf, Westmeath

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  Podcast: Impacts of the Illegal Wildlife Trade (UKFIU)

  May 21, 2025

  A 2 part podcast from the UK Financial Intelligence Unit on wildlife crime

  TAGS: biodiversity, Canada, Crime, Financial Crime, FINTRAC, Illegal Wildlife Trade, IWT, Law Enforcement, Money Laundering, National Crime Agency, OCGs, organised crime, Podcast, Project Anton, serious crime, serious organised crime, UK, UKFIU, Wildlife Crime

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  Minister Noonan announces ‘Seas off Wexford’ – Ireland’s largest Special Protection Area for seabirds

  January 18, 2024

  The new Seas off Wexford Special Protection Area (SPA), which is to be designated under the EU Birds Directive, will cover more than 305,000 hectares of important marine waters for a range of bird species throughout the year.

  TAGS: biodiversity, birds, EU Biodiversity Strategy, EU Birds Directive, Marine, National Parks and Wildlife Service, Natura 2000, Natural 2000 Network, NPWS, Sea, seabirds, SPA, Special Protection Area, Wexford, Wildlife