Rewilding and the ecological emergency by Pádraic Fogarty

The climate and biodiversity emergencies are deeply intertwined and require a coherent response. Rewilding has been proposed as one of the cheapest, quickest and most effective ways (in combination with a drastic reduction in burning fossil fuels) to address this. This talk will look at the problem and why rewilding should be applied across Ireland.
Pádraic Fogarty is an ecologist and former campaign officer for the Irish Wildlife Trust. He is author of the 2017 book Whittled Away – Ireland’s Vanishing Nature, the 2021 podcast series Shaping New Mountains and is a contributor to the Irish Times, British Wildlife, Examiner and Journal.ie