RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 2024
Richard Nairn’s new book — Future Wild: Nature Restoration in Ireland — is a positive contribution to the debate about how to restore nature, how to ensure a more diverse landscape that will be better for wildlife and people. Future Wild is by turns shocking and hopeful that the damage to nature can be undone, creating a richer environment for us all.
Ireland is one of the most highly modified countries in Europe and has little left of its original habitat. Large numbers of species are under pressure due to intensive land uses such as farming and forestry and many are threatened with extinction. Marine resources have been overexploited and many fish populations decimated. It is easy to be pessimistic about what appears to be an intractable situation.
However, there are optimistic signs that things are changing. The European Union has proposed a new law on nature restoration which will set targets for all member states to achieve. In Ireland, there are many places where nature restoration is already in progress and many of these projects are showcased in this book. Given a little help from us, nature has an innate capacity to restore itself.
‘Charming, informative and wise. Makes you smarter with every page you turn’.
– Philip Boucher Hayes, Broadcaster‘Lulls you in, nourishes your soul but delivers an urgent message straight to the heart’.
– Senator Pippa Hackett, Irish Minister of State for Land Use and Biodiversity‘A clear-eyed picture of what needs restoring and how to do it’.
– Catherine Cleary, Co-founder Pocket Forests‘A hopeful and inspiring delve into restoration efforts in Ireland to bring nature back’.
– Padraic Fogarty, Author of ‘Whittled Away’‘A valuable guide for those undertaking restoration projects at any scale’.
– Sadhdh O’Neill, Climate Campaigner
Book Launch: Future Wild – Nature Restoration in Ireland
Time/Date: 1st October 2024, 6pm
Location: Hodges Figgis Bookshop, 56-58 Dawson Street, Dublin 2, D02 XE81
Read more about the recently-passed EU Nature Restoration law in the Irish Times