#InOurNature: See What's On for Biodiversity Week at OPW Heritage Sites

The full list of Biodiversity Week events being hosted across the country at OPW sites can be found on the OPW's Heritage Ireland website .

A new survey carried out by the Office of Public Works (OPW) has found that over half of the population (56%) are unsure of how to help improve biodiversity, despite the overwhelming majority (90%) wanting to play their part in improving Irish biodiversity. The findings come as the OPW launches its Biodiversity Action Strategy to improve biodiversity across its entire operations.

Recognising the importance of addressing declining biodiversity head-on, the OPW’s Biodiversity Action Strategy sets out how it will work towards promoting and protecting biodiversity over the next five years. The impact of the OPW’s new Biodiversity Action Strategy will be felt across its over 100 offices, 780 heritage sites, 5,700 acres of gardens and parkland, 11,500km of drainage channels, and 142 flood relief schemes, and many projects on a range of public and private land. The scope of its work gives the OPW great opportunities to increase the scale of biodiversity conservation achievable as part of the services it delivers.

To bring the Biodiversity Action Strategy home to the Irish public, the OPW is also launching a new online campaign #InOurNature to encourage and demonstrate to people how to promote biodiversity in their own homes. The campaign will be launched ahead of Biodiversity Week (May 15th-23rd), where the OPW will be hosting events at many of its sites across the country to engage the public in the biodiversity on their doorstep.

Some of the events taking place at OPW go from dawn to dusk with a Dawn Chorus walks for the early risers at Castletown House & Parkland to Dusk Bat walks at Kilkenny Castle for the night owls. From free tours to see endangered plants in rural Kerry at Daniel O’Connell’s home, Derrynane House to the opportunity to learn about the animals that make the Phoenix Park in urban Dublin City their home, the OPW has events across the country designed to appeal to every age and interest. The OPW’s programme of events for Biodiversity week and its new Biodiversity Action Strategy are designed to show that the commitment to meeting the biodiversity challenge is #InOurNature.

Find out more at Office of Public Works launches new Biodiversity Action Strategy

#InOurNature: See What's On for Biodiversity Week at OPW Heritage Sites

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