Tipperary Native Joe MacGrath Appointed To Independent Advisory Committee On Nature Restoration

The Minister for Nature, Heritage and Electoral Reform and the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine have announced the names of the members included in the Independent Advisory Committee on Nature Restoration.   Included in the committee is Joe MacGrath from Nenagh in Tipperary. Mr. MacGrath has previously held the position of Chief Executive […]

Nature Restoration Law passes final vote in EU Parliament, but ‘has been totally gutted’ – Wallace

Press Release on behalf of MEP Mick Wallace: Nature Restoration Law plenary vote outcome   Following the vote on the EU Nature Restoration Regulation today, Wednesday 12 July, Mr Wallace said:   “I’m pleased with the outcome of the final vote in the sense that the regulation lives to fight another day.  In that sense […]

MEP Mick Wallace welcomes EU Council agreement on the nature restoration law

Today the Council reached an agreement (general approach) on a proposal for a nature restoration law. The proposal aims to put in place recovery measures that will cover at least 20 % of the EU’s land and 20 % sea areas by 2030, and all ecosystems in need of restoration by 2050. It sets specific […]

The Nature Restoration Law lives to fight another day

European People’s Party fails with disinformation campaign  Nature and the ever-growing list of stakeholders supporting the Nature Restoration Law can breathe a sigh of relief as the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) Committee of the European Parliament rejected attempts by conservative and right-wing groups to kill the proposed law in a very tight […]