Eoghan Daltun 🌍
@irishrainforest.bsky.social
Author of award-winning bestseller 'An Irish Atlantic Rainforest'. Over 16 years living with 73 acres of wildland in Beara, West Cork. #Rewilding.
Pinned
After 2 years of work, I've finally taken delivery of an actual printed copy of my second book 'The Magic of an Irish Rainforest: A Visual Journey'.
I've done my best to capture the essence of these priceless, but mostly dying, ecosystems, and am over the moon with the results. 🌎
I've done my best to capture the essence of these priceless, but mostly dying, ecosystems, and am over the moon with the results. 🌎
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Insane
More than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists granted access to the Cop30 climate negotiations in Belém (Brazil), 12% up from last year’s talks in Baku, Azerbaijan.
What should be the most serious, urgent talks on the planet continue to be a farce.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
What should be the most serious, urgent talks on the planet continue to be a farce.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Insane
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Excellent video - watch!
Al Gore speaks at COP30 in Brazil.
Al Gore speaks at COP30 in Brazil.
Former U.S. VP Al Gore Reveals Shocking Data on Global Warming and Extreme Climate Events | AC1N
YouTube video by DRM News
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Excellent video - watch!
Al Gore speaks at COP30 in Brazil.
Al Gore speaks at COP30 in Brazil.
More than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists granted access to the Cop30 climate negotiations in Belém (Brazil), 12% up from last year’s talks in Baku, Azerbaijan.
What should be the most serious, urgent talks on the planet continue to be a farce.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
What should be the most serious, urgent talks on the planet continue to be a farce.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
More than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists granted access to the Cop30 climate negotiations in Belém (Brazil), 12% up from last year’s talks in Baku, Azerbaijan.
What should be the most serious, urgent talks on the planet continue to be a farce.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
What should be the most serious, urgent talks on the planet continue to be a farce.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Perhaps the most important thing to understand about the climate crisis
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Perhaps the most important thing to understand about the climate crisis
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Here's one from Teesdale in England. Also the remains of a temperate rain forest.
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Here's one from Teesdale in England. Also the remains of a temperate rain forest.
"The 'reduction in enthusiasm' [for climate action] among rich nations didn’t happen by accident.
It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth.
Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies."
It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth.
Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies."
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:16 AM
"The 'reduction in enthusiasm' [for climate action] among rich nations didn’t happen by accident.
It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth.
Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies."
It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth.
Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies."
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Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The magic of an Irish rainforest in fungi season.
November 14, 2025 at 7:21 AM
The magic of an Irish rainforest in fungi season.
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With current pledges, the world's on track for 2.6°C of warming in 2100 compared to preindustrial levels.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C
So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C
So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
With current pledges, the world's on track for 2.6°C of warming in 2100 compared to preindustrial levels.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C
So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C
So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.
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The collapse of the UK was hastened by Brexit, but it's been coming for a long time. Destroy the public sector and hand over water, energy etc to the profiteers. Then, as Starmer is doing, flog off the rest of the UK to billionaires. Started with Thatcher. It's called #Neoliberalism. Read this!
November 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
The collapse of the UK was hastened by Brexit, but it's been coming for a long time. Destroy the public sector and hand over water, energy etc to the profiteers. Then, as Starmer is doing, flog off the rest of the UK to billionaires. Started with Thatcher. It's called #Neoliberalism. Read this!
Judicial reviews are very often the last resort local communities have in defending nature against greedy corporate interests + rotten planning.
The gov. wants to undermine that via false blame for the housing crisis, etc.
Must read by @attractaub.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
The gov. wants to undermine that via false blame for the housing crisis, etc.
Must read by @attractaub.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Judicial reviews serve the common good
Rather than castigating public-spirited ordinary people concerned by planning problems, the Government should focus on properly resourcing the planning and legal systems
www.irishexaminer.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Judicial reviews are very often the last resort local communities have in defending nature against greedy corporate interests + rotten planning.
The gov. wants to undermine that via false blame for the housing crisis, etc.
Must read by @attractaub.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
The gov. wants to undermine that via false blame for the housing crisis, etc.
Must read by @attractaub.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Despite all we know, global carbon emissions continue to rise. How is it possible that we're *still* accelerating towards climate and ecological collapse?
An economic system called capitalism that only survives by killing its host: us and our biosphere home.
www.rte.ie/news/world/2...
An economic system called capitalism that only survives by killing its host: us and our biosphere home.
www.rte.ie/news/world/2...
Global fossil fuel emissions to hit new record - study
Global fossil fuel emissions are set to hit a new high in 2025, according to research that also warns curbing warming under 1.5C would now be essentially "impossible".
www.rte.ie
November 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Despite all we know, global carbon emissions continue to rise. How is it possible that we're *still* accelerating towards climate and ecological collapse?
An economic system called capitalism that only survives by killing its host: us and our biosphere home.
www.rte.ie/news/world/2...
An economic system called capitalism that only survives by killing its host: us and our biosphere home.
www.rte.ie/news/world/2...
If I was up in Dublin instead of most of the way down an Atlantic peninsula, *no way* would I miss this.
Very much looking forward to this conversation with @whittledaway.bsky.social around THE LIE OF THE LAND this Sunday from 2pm in @booksupstairs.bsky.social in Dublin City centre.
Do come along if you’re free.
Do come along if you’re free.
November 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
If I was up in Dublin instead of most of the way down an Atlantic peninsula, *no way* would I miss this.
Just as invasive species from other continents are causing major problems for ecosystems here, so are some of our best-loved native plants and animals doing the same elsewhere.
I didn't know Scots pine (a native Irish tree) was invasive in New Zealand.
I didn't know Scots pine (a native Irish tree) was invasive in New Zealand.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the planet in New Zealand, it’s not unreasonably regarded as a threat to native habitats.
Everything had a place until humans interfered.
Everything had a place until humans interfered.
November 13, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Just as invasive species from other continents are causing major problems for ecosystems here, so are some of our best-loved native plants and animals doing the same elsewhere.
I didn't know Scots pine (a native Irish tree) was invasive in New Zealand.
I didn't know Scots pine (a native Irish tree) was invasive in New Zealand.
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I took this photo less than 10 years after the deer fence behind was erected. Before it went up, the land behind was just grass, exactly like the foreground where he sheep are.
*Nothing* was planted here.
"It's not rocket science" is an understatement.
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*Nothing* was planted here.
"It's not rocket science" is an understatement.
🌍
March 29, 2025 at 6:47 AM
I took this photo less than 10 years after the deer fence behind was erected. Before it went up, the land behind was just grass, exactly like the foreground where he sheep are.
*Nothing* was planted here.
"It's not rocket science" is an understatement.
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*Nothing* was planted here.
"It's not rocket science" is an understatement.
🌍
Scots pine was a major part of the prehistoric wildwood here on the Beara Peninsula, but died out as habitats were cleared for farming.
Now, it's back. #Rewilding
Now, it's back. #Rewilding
November 13, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Scots pine was a major part of the prehistoric wildwood here on the Beara Peninsula, but died out as habitats were cleared for farming.
Now, it's back. #Rewilding
Now, it's back. #Rewilding
Unfortunately not.
There are severe problems at Glenveagh NP with overgrazing (red) deer and invasive plants (particularly rhododendron and prickly heath). So the place needs enough personnel to get all this under control and allow the native habitats to recover.
There are severe problems at Glenveagh NP with overgrazing (red) deer and invasive plants (particularly rhododendron and prickly heath). So the place needs enough personnel to get all this under control and allow the native habitats to recover.
Surely if it doesn't have the capacity to 'manage' this land then this is an obvious candidate for rewilding? Allowing the land to develop without human interference could transform this landscape...
@irishrainforest.bsky.social
@irishrainforest.bsky.social
Good news, but does NPWS have the capability to manage all this land?
Its current (excellent) rewilding initiative is only a small fraction of the existing National Park
www.derryjournal.com/heritage-and...
Its current (excellent) rewilding initiative is only a small fraction of the existing National Park
www.derryjournal.com/heritage-and...
November 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Unfortunately not.
There are severe problems at Glenveagh NP with overgrazing (red) deer and invasive plants (particularly rhododendron and prickly heath). So the place needs enough personnel to get all this under control and allow the native habitats to recover.
There are severe problems at Glenveagh NP with overgrazing (red) deer and invasive plants (particularly rhododendron and prickly heath). So the place needs enough personnel to get all this under control and allow the native habitats to recover.
If I remember right from the 'old place', I disagree with Rob Yorke on some stuff, but this is (excuse the pun) bang on.
To save and expand what's left of our natural forests, there's no getting round it: we need BOTH carnivores and copper (bullets).
To save and expand what's left of our natural forests, there's no getting round it: we need BOTH carnivores and copper (bullets).
if we want diversely structured woodlands, then we have to deal with Bambi (via carnivore or copper-tip)
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @britishecologicalsociety.org
#woodland #ecology 🧪
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @britishecologicalsociety.org
#woodland #ecology 🧪
Light and ungulate browsing interact in shaping future woody plant diversity through natural regeneration
Our results provide strong evidence that in the current context of increasing tree mortality and subsequent light availability, roe deer act as a keystone species. It is crucial to implement browsing...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
If I remember right from the 'old place', I disagree with Rob Yorke on some stuff, but this is (excuse the pun) bang on.
To save and expand what's left of our natural forests, there's no getting round it: we need BOTH carnivores and copper (bullets).
To save and expand what's left of our natural forests, there's no getting round it: we need BOTH carnivores and copper (bullets).
I'll be on @rteone.rte.ie's Futureville Ireland after 7.00 this evening, talking about THE most critical choice we face as a nation.
Do we carry on wiping out nature, or start bringing it back via mass rewilding?
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Do we carry on wiping out nature, or start bringing it back via mass rewilding?
share.google/cd9ER2HKnXd3...
Futureville Ireland: We are going back to the city of the future
Futureville Ireland, with Carla O'Brien and Dr Lollie Mancey, returns for a second series on Tuesday, 11 November at 7pm on RTÉ One & RTÉ Player. Made with support from Research Ireland.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I'll be on @rteone.rte.ie's Futureville Ireland after 7.00 this evening, talking about THE most critical choice we face as a nation.
Do we carry on wiping out nature, or start bringing it back via mass rewilding?
share.google/cd9ER2HKnXd3...
Do we carry on wiping out nature, or start bringing it back via mass rewilding?
share.google/cd9ER2HKnXd3...
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I had an eye-to-eye with a jay in our back garden this year which lasted maybe a minute. It was entrancing.
November 12, 2025 at 6:41 AM
I had an eye-to-eye with a jay in our back garden this year which lasted maybe a minute. It was entrancing.
A loud, raucous screech told me to look out the bathroom window yesterday. There, in the rainforest just outside (and the lashing rain), was a very wet jay.
Champion oak tree planters, and my favourite bird, they're highly secretive, so really great to see one only feet away.
(Just a phone photo!)
Champion oak tree planters, and my favourite bird, they're highly secretive, so really great to see one only feet away.
(Just a phone photo!)
November 12, 2025 at 6:05 AM
A loud, raucous screech told me to look out the bathroom window yesterday. There, in the rainforest just outside (and the lashing rain), was a very wet jay.
Champion oak tree planters, and my favourite bird, they're highly secretive, so really great to see one only feet away.
(Just a phone photo!)
Champion oak tree planters, and my favourite bird, they're highly secretive, so really great to see one only feet away.
(Just a phone photo!)
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Beavers are nature’s #ecosystem engineers - habitat creators, #biodiversity boosters, and natural flood defenders.
We are fundraising £25,000 to bring back Scotland’s Missing Species - the architects of the wild. Help us bring back the beaver 👉 treesforlife.org.uk/missing-spec...
We are fundraising £25,000 to bring back Scotland’s Missing Species - the architects of the wild. Help us bring back the beaver 👉 treesforlife.org.uk/missing-spec...
November 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Beavers are nature’s #ecosystem engineers - habitat creators, #biodiversity boosters, and natural flood defenders.
We are fundraising £25,000 to bring back Scotland’s Missing Species - the architects of the wild. Help us bring back the beaver 👉 treesforlife.org.uk/missing-spec...
We are fundraising £25,000 to bring back Scotland’s Missing Species - the architects of the wild. Help us bring back the beaver 👉 treesforlife.org.uk/missing-spec...
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#Cop30: what are the main issues and why do they matter?
- Cop returns to its Brazilian roots and attempts to map a path to crucial emissions cuts that navigates financial, scientific and ethical aspects of the #climatecrisis
Story @fionaharvey.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Cop returns to its Brazilian roots and attempts to map a path to crucial emissions cuts that navigates financial, scientific and ethical aspects of the #climatecrisis
Story @fionaharvey.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop30: what are the main issues and why do they matter?
Cop returns to its Brazilian roots and attempts to map a path to crucial emissions cuts that navigates financial, scientific and ethical aspects of the climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 AM
#Cop30: what are the main issues and why do they matter?
- Cop returns to its Brazilian roots and attempts to map a path to crucial emissions cuts that navigates financial, scientific and ethical aspects of the #climatecrisis
Story @fionaharvey.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Cop returns to its Brazilian roots and attempts to map a path to crucial emissions cuts that navigates financial, scientific and ethical aspects of the #climatecrisis
Story @fionaharvey.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
GREAT presidential acceptance speech from Catherine Connolly, including a repeated focus on the threat of climate and environmental breakdown.
She's clearly announcing that she'll be an activist president: *exactly* what's needed right now.
She's clearly announcing that she'll be an activist president: *exactly* what's needed right now.
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
GREAT presidential acceptance speech from Catherine Connolly, including a repeated focus on the threat of climate and environmental breakdown.
She's clearly announcing that she'll be an activist president: *exactly* what's needed right now.
She's clearly announcing that she'll be an activist president: *exactly* what's needed right now.