IRELAND · DESIGNATIONS · STATUTORY
Refuge for Fauna
What this layer shows
A handful of statutory refuges under the Wildlife Acts, designated for particular species: such as tern colonies on offshore islands.
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DHLGH / Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
© DHLGH / Government of Ireland, CC BY 4.0
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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.