What We Do
Diverse, innovative and ambitious, our projects are among the most significant and successful in Ireland and abroad.
We annually manage in Ireland 10 precious Nature Reserves
- Tinnaberna Nature Reserve, Gorey, Co. Wexford.
- Little Brosna Reserve, Ferbane, Co. Offaly.
- Lough Graney Reserve, Scariff, Co. Clare.
- The Avoca Reserve, Tigroney, Avoca, Co. Wicklow.
- Beltra Reserve, Glenealy, Co. Wicklow.
- Wicklow Gap Reserve, Co. Wicklow.
- Glenhest Reserve, Newport, Co. Mayo.
- Kilroran Reserve, Ballygar, Co. Galway.
- Brittas Lakes Reserve, Co. Dublin.
- Gort Reserve, Co. Galway.
Small “havens” like these reserves still give a much needed home for our vanishing remaining wildlife. Maintaining suitable habitats is now absolutely critical for ongoing conservation and the future!
Ongoing Long-term Projects
Educational awareness and policy change: At school, university, government and international EU & UN level – encourage volunteering within local communities.
Maintaining and Enhancing Biodiversity: Nationally and globally, we work to change policies and reflect these goals so to ensure global warming, over-population and degradation of habitats and their wildlife do not threaten our natural world.
Habitat Preservation:
- heather and moors
- over grazing
- regulated burning
- fisheries management
- ocean – fresh water
- creating new habitats
- native tree planting
- re-establishment of ponds
- creation of wild flower meadows
Local Volunteer Projects: These include native tree planting, pond creation, erection of Barn Owl boxes, bat boxes, recycling, road, beach and canal water clean ups.
Reuse and Recycle Policies: We have a large number of local recycling projects around the country. Our volunteers clean up country roads, motorways, canals, urban streams and rivers and beaches. Please get involved!
Clean green energy policies: We have been advocating the end of fossil fuels and unnecessary air pollution for decades. A big shift is coming now in the next few decades.
International Projects
Help Orphaned Black Rhino
Please help endless and senseless slaughter of this highly endangered and valued rare animal
Stop destroying the Amazon, the Congo & Indonesia
The self-destruction button for mankind continues as we recklessly cut clear and burn unique and precious tropical forests all over the planet
Save the Siberian Tiger, the Snow Leopard & the Amur Leopard
Helping large carnivore protection programmes in Asia, Africa and South America
Plastic Pollution
Please change the endless “evil cycle of plastic pollution”, once off plastics and continuous marine contamination
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
Source - Margaret Mead