IRELAND · DESIGNATIONS · STATUTORY
Proposed NHA
What this layer shows
Proposed Natural Heritage Areas, published non-statutorily in 1995 and mostly never formally proposed or designated: still recognised by planning authorities and agri-environment schemes. Boundaries are of their era: treat as indicative.
Publisher and licence
NPWS / Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
© NPWS / Government of Ireland, CC BY 4.0
Where the data comes from
ARCGIS · services-eu1.arcgis.com
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Facts shown for each feature
Site code · County · Area (ha)
In these presets
Desk study
The designations an Irish ecologist checks first: SACs and SPAs (the sites behind Appropriate Assessment screening), Natural Heritage Areas and proposed NHAs, Ramsar sites, statutory Nature Reserves and Refuges for Fauna, National Parks, and ancient & long-established woodland. The opening move of an EcIA or AA screening: what is protected on or near the site.