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Great news from across the water: £38 million funding has been secured for restoring British rainforests. Meanwhile, even Irish rainforests in state ownership like Killarney National Park continue to slowly die from overgrazing. Action is *long* overdue.

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New fund to help The Wildlife Trusts restore rainforests of the UK | The Wildlife Trusts

Bringing back lost Atlantic woods is critical for nature and climate

6:33 AM · Feb 2, 2023

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(The UK funding comes with the caveat that it's from a private company, so there's always the potential for greenwashing. It would be far better if the funds were public.)

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I'm shocked at the lack of general interest and concern. Are there no Wildlife Trusts in Ireland? If so, what are they playing at??

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Not in the same way as in Britain. There's the (relatively small)

@Irishwildlife

Trust, who do amazing work and have been *highly* critical of the situation for years (decades even), but without getting the required change on this yet.

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Check out these guys also -> irishtechnews.ie/rewilding-char

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irishtechnews.ie

Rewilding charity Heal announces its first nature reserve in England

Rewilding charity Heal, which launched at the start of the pandemic, has just acquired its first landholding of 460 acres near Bruton in Somerset, where it [...]

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This side of the water it's hard to believe the money will materialise. 50 new hospitals etc.

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@IrishRainforest

This was on the channel4 news last night! For the Dartmoor rainforest in Devon. Such a beautiful forest. Imagine the tourist attraction of having rainforest rather than denuded landscapes along the wild Atlantic way. It truly would be wild with rainforest!