{"id":17339,"date":"2016-01-25T14:17:41","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T14:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=17339"},"modified":"2016-01-25T14:17:41","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T14:17:41","slug":"petition-to-save-nesting-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=17339","title":{"rendered":"Petition to Save Nesting Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Niall Hatch of Birdwatch Ireland talks to Noel McGuinness about a proposed change in the Wildlife Act which would allow the burning of vegetation in March and the cutting of hedgerows in August. This would have a serious impact on a range of wildlife species and habitats, especially highly-threatened nesting birds and pollinators found in our hedgerows and uplands. Niall says the Bill to facilitate the changes will be fast-tracked through the Oireachtas prior to the forthcoming General Election. For this reason Birdwatch Ireland, The Irish Wildlife Trust, An Taisce and the Hedgelaying Association have launched a petition asking the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys, TD, not to make changes to laws protecting nesting birds. See <\/p>\n

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Niall Hatch of Birdwatch Ireland talks to Noel McGuinness about a proposed change in the Wildlife Act which would allow the burning of vegetation in March and the cutting of hedgerows in August. This would have a serious impact on a range of wildlife species and habitats, especially highly-threatened nesting birds and pollinators found in […]<\/p>\n

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