Minister Noonan added that his Department is currently developing Ireland’s Fourth National Biodiversity Action Plan (NBAP), with support from KPMG and Natural Capital Ireland, due to be published later this year. The action plan will set out a strategy to meet the urgent biodiversity conservation and restoration needs through a whole of Government, whole of society approach to biodiversity protection, informed by scientific evidence. Public consultation will go live in April, followed by a major biodiversity conference in June this year bringing together academics, scientists, businesses, environmental NGOs and the public to inform the development of our next NBAP.