I think Tom Opre's point about where the eye of the "conservationists" fall is totally missed out. The elephant in the room is the lost habitat due to sprawling urban areas and industrial scale agriculture. Yet they focus on areas that are already doing not too badly.
Yes blame Grouse Moors for the activities of big industry and their inability to operate differently. We wont change, we will just buy hill ground and plant non native species upon it. Tell me, why is the forestry service in Northern Ireland still planting sitka spruce while DAERA is giving grants to land owners to plant native species. The whole thing is a shambles based on feelings clearly.
100% the question was asked - if the issue is a biodiversity crises then why not target marginal farmland (where biodiversity is absent)? No one wanted to go there. Prob tough to raise money
I think Tom Opre's point about where the eye of the "conservationists" fall is totally missed out. The elephant in the room is the lost habitat due to sprawling urban areas and industrial scale agriculture. Yet they focus on areas that are already doing not too badly.
Yes blame Grouse Moors for the activities of big industry and their inability to operate differently. We wont change, we will just buy hill ground and plant non native species upon it. Tell me, why is the forestry service in Northern Ireland still planting sitka spruce while DAERA is giving grants to land owners to plant native species. The whole thing is a shambles based on feelings clearly.
100% the question was asked - if the issue is a biodiversity crises then why not target marginal farmland (where biodiversity is absent)? No one wanted to go there. Prob tough to raise money