Boundary lines were established to identify Set-Aside Areas and to prevent impacts to the Set-Asides from adjacent forest management and other land use activities. The...

Primary Productivity is calculated from NASA Aqua MODIS Chl_a, SST and Par data using the Behrenfield-Falkowski method (Behrenfield and Falkowski, Limnology and Oceanography...

Data comprise biological and ecological half-life values for marine, freshwater, terrestrial and riparian organisms. The database includes 1908 biological half-life values for...

The basic designation for wildlife is the Natural Heritage Area (NHA). This is an area considered nationally important for the habitats present or that holds species of plants...

Proposed Natural Heritage Areas (pNHA) were published on a non-statutory basis in 1995. They have not since been statutorily proposed or designated. These sites are of...

The Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs publishes annual RAPTOR (Recording and Addressing Persecution and Threats to Our Raptors) reports on...

The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht established the Cessation of Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme to compensate land owners and turbary right holders affected by...

The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht established the Cessation of Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme to compensate land owners and turbary right holders affected by...

These are prime wildlife conservation areas in the country, considered to be important on a European as well as Irish level. Most Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) are in the...