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Healthy seas and COP26: what’s the connection?    

COP26 is the 26th annual conference on climate change. Representatives from 196 countries are meeting in Glasgow in the first two weeks of November to figure out exactly what we must do to minimise the extent of climate change on the environment and society.…

Northern Ireland’s Political Seascape

In less than nine months from now, or potentially even sooner, an Assembly election will be announced, ending what has been a turbulent mandate for the political parties, people and nature of Northern Ireland.  In 2016, 90 MLAs (Members of the Legislative Assembly) were elected to govern Northern…

Ocean optimism on #WorldOceanDay: A Northern Ireland perspective

In the midst of the twin climate and biodiversity crises, where the current state of many habitats and wildlife are at risk or already in decline, it is easy to be overwhelmed with the pressures facing our natural environment.  Unsustainable…

Murlough

There is so much our coast and seas offer us. We should get out there and explore them and strive to protect them. Although I live among the rolling drumlins of County Down, fortunately I’m not too far from…


Causeway Coast

Our seas are resilient, we have seen on social media how wildlife has flourished when we slow down, like the wildflowers blooming at the Giant’s Causeway. When we return to a ‘new normal’ we need to remember this and move forward in how we treat and respect our environment and the species that live here.…

Strangford

Strangford is a reminder that the recovery of our damaged natural areas can happen and, we believe, must happen to secure a healthy, wildlife-rich future for us all.   Variety is the spice of life and it’s hard to find a place with more natural variety than under the waves and around the coasts of Northern…

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