Opinion: 'I’m not convinced by the argument that the health and stewardship of nature aren’t vote winners here in Ireland'
CAMPAIGNING FOR NATURE can be rewarding but also sometimes frustrating job. It can be slow, seem hopeless, and even downright boring at times, especially when you’re bogged down in policy papers and the legal ramifications of each word.
Real change The impact of environmental policy reform, whether brought about by grassroots activism or European Directives, is notional – at least at the beginning. All going well, policy decisions offer the opportunity for nature protection and restoration to occur, not the manifest improvement to nature itself – which we must then patiently wait to emerge in the years and decades to follow.
Yet, what we must remind ourselves of is that Ireland’s marine biodiversity is the remnants of what it once was. Worse again, even with well-rounded management plans in place, crucial activities such as enforcement, monitoring and stakeholder engagement are neglected, because of a lack of appropriate structures within Government Departments and state agencies.
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