Six new directorates put in place with staff increased to 471 – progress report confirms
Mr O’Brien, whose department the NPWS falls under, welcomed the input of the public as well as stakeholders.
Mr Noonan acknowledged NPWS reform started from a difficult place with “the majority of our EU-protected habitats are in unfavourable conservation status with almost half declining further, a third of wild bee species are close to extinction, 60 per cent of birds are red- or amber-listed, 30 per cent of species are of inadequate or bad status, 30 per cent of our semi-natural grasslands have been lost in the last 10 years”.
This will empower the NPWS to play its part in responding to the biodiversity emergency, both at home and on the international stage, he said and is “clear expression of how NPWS intends to drive the change required”.
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