Related Links

National Parks & Wildlife Service sites

• Ballycroy, County Mayo National Park - www.ballycroynationalpark.ie
• BurrenLIFE - www.BurrenLIFE.com
• The Burren National Park - www.burrennationalpark.ie
• Connemara National Park - www.connemaranationalpark.ie
• Coole Park, Co. Galway - www.coolepark.ie
• Glengarriff Nature Reserve - www.glengarriffnaturereserve.ie
• Glenveagh National Park - www.glenveaghnationalpark.ie
• World Heritage Ireland - www.worldheritageireland.ie
• Heritage Week - www.heritageweek.ie
• Irish National Biodiversity Research Platform - www.biodiversityresearch.ie
• Killarney National Park - www.killarneynationalpark.ie
• North Midland Education Centre - www.northmidlandseducationcentre.ie
• Roadkill Survey 2007 - www.biology.ie
• Wexford Wildfowl Reserve - www.wexfordwildfowlreserve.ie
• Wicklow Mountains National Park - www.wicklowmountainsnationalpark.ie
• Invasive Species Ireland - www.invasivespeciesireland.com

Irish Government

• Department of the Environment, Heritage & Local Government - www.environ.ie
• ENFO - public information on the environment - www.enfo.ie
• National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin - www.botanicgardens.ie
• Heritage Ireland - visit Irelands State-managed Heritage sites - www.heritageireland.ie
• World Heritage Sites - find out about Irelands World Heritage Sites - www.worldheritageireland.ie
• Irish Government - www.gov.ie
• Irish Government job vacancies - www.publicjobs.ie
• Irish Legislation (Office of the Attorney General) - www.irishstatutebook.ie
• National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) - www.buildingsofireland.ie
• Ordnance Survey Ireland - www.osi.ie
• Inland Fisheries Ireland - www.fisheriesireland.ie

Public health

Ticktalk Ireland - http://www.hpsc.ie/hpsc/A-Z/Vectorborne/LymeDisease/

Irish Semi-state Agencies

• Environmental Protection Agency - www.epa.ie
• The Marine Institute - www.marine.ie
• Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology - www.ircset.ie
• Irish Agriculture & Food Development Authority (TEAGASC) - www.teagasc.ie
• Coillte - www.coillte.ie
• National Council for Forest Research and Development (COFORD) - www.coford.ie

Irish Organisations/Projects

• An Taisce, the national trust for Ireland - www.antaisce.org
• BirdWatch Ireland - www.birdwatchireland.ie
• Genetic Heritage Ireland - www.geneticheritageireland.ie
• Irish Whale and Dolphin Group - www.iwdg.ie
• Bat Conservation Ireland - www.batconservationireland.org
• The Heritage Council - www.heritagecouncil.ie
• Phenology - The Study of the Timing of Natural Events - www.biology.ie
• Simbyosis - Sectoral Impacts on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services - www.simbiosys.ie
• National Biodiversity Data Centre - www.biodiversityireland.ie
• Freshwater Pearl Mussel website - fwpm.irish-surge-forecast.ie
• Irish Ramsar Wetlands Committee - www.irishwetlands.ie
• The Gathering - http://www.thegatheringireland.com/gatherings.aspx

European Commission

• EU Commission (DG Environment) - ec.europa.eu/environment/index_en.htm
• European Commission LIFE - www.ec.europa.eu/environment/life/
• European Environment Information and Observation Network (EIONET) - www.eionet.europa.eu
• European Community Biodiversity Clearing House Mechanism - biodiversity-chm.eea.europa.eu

UK Government & Organisations

• Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) - www.jncc.gov.uk
• Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) - www.doeni.gov.uk/niea/
• Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) - www.snh.gov.uk
• Countryside Council for Wales - www.ccw.gov.uk
• English Nature - www.english-nature.org.uk
• National Biodiversity Network - www.searchnbn.net
• Loughs Agency - www.loughs-agency.org.uk

International organisations & conventions

• Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) - www.ciesin.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - www.gbif.org
• Convention on Biological Diversity - www.biodiv.org
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate change – www.unfccc.int/
• Agenda 21 - www.un.org/esa/sustdev/documents/agenda21/index.htm
• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) - www.cites.org
• TRAFFIC Europe, Information on Wildlife Trade - www.eu-wildlifetrade.org/index.htm
• Council of Europe (Bern Convention) - www.coe.int
• Convention on Migratory Species (Bonn convention) - www.cms.int
• European Bat Agreement (EUROBATS) - www.eurobats.org
• International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) - www.iucn.org
• Ramsar convention - www.ramsar.org
• International Whaling Commission - www.iwcoffice.org
• Global Environment Fund - www.globalenvironmentfund.com
• International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture - www.fao.org/ag//CGRFA/itpgr.htm
• United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organisation (UNESCO) - www.unesco.org