Ireland is green because it rains, and it rains because the Atlantic is right there. The result is a country of bog and pasture and a coast of extraordinary drama, cliffs and islands and long inlets facing weather that has crossed three thousand miles of open ocean to arrive. The Burren, a limestone pavement in the west, grows Arctic, Alpine, and Mediterranean plants side by side in its cracks, which should not be possible and is.
The raised bogs and blanket bogs are Ireland’s great and undervalued habitat, and they have been cut for fuel for centuries and stripped industrially for decades. Only a small fraction remains intact. Their loss is a carbon problem and a biodiversity problem at once, and the recent turn toward rewetting them represents a real shift in national thinking.
The organizations here restore the bogs, defend the machair and dunes of the western coast, and press against an agricultural model built on intensive dairy that is putting nitrogen into rivers and estuaries at levels the water cannot absorb. Ireland’s environmental reckoning is arriving late and moving fast.
Environmental Organizations in This Bioregion
18 organizations working across this landscape.
BirdWatch Ireland
To protect and conserve Ireland's wild birds and wider biodiversity through conservation action, scientific research, education, public outreach and campaigning.
Burrenbeo Trust
The Burren Pine Project aims to bring back Ireland's only native pine from the brink of extinction by planting 500 native pine trees per year along with native compa...
Cork Nature Network
Cork Nature Network started in 2015 as a group to promote local action. Since then it has developed to operate nationally to promote and encourage the conservation ...
Green Economy Foundation - Trees on the Land Project
Native Tree Planting across 32 counties of the island of Ireland
Green Ocean Foundation
Green Ocean Foundation delivers community-based, science-led marine restoration projects across Ireland, protecting and regenerating coastal ecosystems through
Green Sod Ireland
A land trust that protects biodiversity in Ireland
Hometree
Our mission is to create and preserve native woodlands in Ireland, fostering land regeneration and biodiversity.
Irish Cycling Campaign CLG
Cycling, active travel and sustainable transport advocacy and campaigning
Irish Peatland Conservation Council
The Irish Peatland Conservation Council (CHY6829, RCN20013547) works towards the conservation of Irish peatlands for people today and future generations.
Irish Seed Savers Association
Our History Irish Seed Savers Association exists as a living testimony to the richness and wealth of the agricultural legacy of our ancestors. Irish Seed Savers ...
Liquid Therapy
Liquid Therapy is a multi-award winning charity which provides inclusive & adaptive surf therapy programmes which are beneficial to our physical & mental health
Lough Carra Catchment Association
The Lough Carra Catchment Association was established in response to growing concerns about the environmental degradation of Lough Carra and its catchment.
Síolta Chroí
To regenerate the ecosystems starting in Ireland and moving outwards from there
Voice of Irish Concern for the Environment
VOICE is a member-based Irish environmental charity that empowers individuals and local communities to take positive action to conserve our natural resources. V