For years, and in stark contrast to Ireland's national parks, Glengarriff Wood Nature Reserve has been a shining example of how ecosystems CAN be put first.
Here, non-native sitka has been ring-barked, killing it, and providing hugely beneficial standing deadwood for woodpeckers, etc. 🌎
Here, non-native sitka has been ring-barked, killing it, and providing hugely beneficial standing deadwood for woodpeckers, etc. 🌎
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This looks like the job ought to be undertaken by a beaver.
Are there, or have there ever been, beavers in Ireland?
Beavers have been successfully reintroduced in the UK, but no such projects have been implemented here so far. https://iwt.ie/the-case-for-beavers-in-ireland/
It also answered a question that I didn't ask - have beavers ever been in Ireland.
Nonetheless, at least these problems haven't been virtually ignored for decades, as in Killarney and all our other national parks. 🌏