{"product_id":"whittled-away","title":"Whittled Away","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘Ireland’s heritage is being steadily whittled away by human exploitation, pollution and other aspects of modern development. This could represent a serious loss to the nation.’ Irish Government Report, June 1969\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eNature in Ireland is disappearing at an alarming rate. Overfishing, industrial-scale farming and pollution have decimated wildlife habitats and populations. In a single lifetime, vast shoals of herring, rivers bursting with salmon, and bogs alive with flocks of curlew and geese have all become folk memories. Coastal and rural communities are struggling to survive; the foundations of our tourism and agricultural sectors are being undermined. The lack of political engagement frequently sees the state in the European Court of Justice for environmental issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003ePádraic Fogarty authoritatively charts how this grim failure to manage our natural resources has impoverished our country. But all is not lost: he also reveals possibilities for the future, describing how we can fill our seas with fish, farm in tune with nature, and create forests that benefit both people and wildlife. He makes a persuasive case for the return of long-lost species like wild boar, cranes and wolves, showing how the interests of the country and its nature can be reconciled.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eA provocative call to arms, \u003cem\u003eWhittled Away\u003c\/em\u003e presents an alternative path that could lead us all to a brighter future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePadraic Fogarty authoritatively charts how the failure to manage our natural resources has impoverished our country. But he also reveals the possibilities for the future, describing how we can fill our seas with fish, farm in tune with nature, and create forests that benefit both people and wildlife.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gill","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":55139565863299,"sku":"9781848893108","price":22.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/3664\/7811\/files\/d373015e7062ab18494899a484c922f8.jpg?v=1741440367","url":"https:\/\/shop.gill.ie\/products\/whittled-away","provider":"Gill","version":"1.0","type":"link"}