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Wild Birds General Declaration 2024
Wild Birds General Declaration 2024 (Returns Form)

Landowners: if any birds were controlled under the Declaration, a voluntary returns form should be completed. Click for details.

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Strategic Action Plan
Strategic Action Plan

for the Renewal of the National Parks and Wildlife Service

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White-tailed Sea Eagle Reintroduction Programme

NPWS project to bolster the white-tailed sea eagle population in Ireland

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Farming for Nature: The Role of Results-Based Payments

New book published jointly by NPWS and Teagasc available now

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Update to the EU Regulation on Invasive Alien Species
Update to the EU Regulation on Invasive Alien Species

The European Union (EU) updates its list of invasive alien species of Union concern

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Ireland Red List No. 9: Macro-moths (Lepidoptera)
Ireland Red List No. 9: Macro-moths (Lepidoptera)

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species publication now available online

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Ballycroy National Park Story Map
Ballycroy National Park Story Map

A story map for Ballycroy National Park is now online. Click through to view....

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Ecosystems Services, Mapping and Assessment
Ecosystems Services, Mapping and Assessment

NPWS project for a National Ecosystem and Ecosystem Services map. Click for details.

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Agri-ecology Projects

A range of agri-ecology research projects managed by NPWS

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Rare bryophyte research

Read about research into the ecology of rare mosses and liverworts.

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Marine Conservation

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News and Events

  • Ministers announce membership of Advisory Committee for Ireland’s Nature Restoration Plan
    08 November 2024
  • Glenveagh National Park hosts Cartoon Saloon’s new interactive biodiversity exhibition Puffin Rock Habitats
    08 November 2024
  • Minister Noonan launches Peatlands and Natura Community Engagement Scheme 2025
    05 November 2024
  • Minister Noonan announces plans to purchase island on Lough Ree for strategic management of breeding waders
    01 November 2024
  • Government publishes response to recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss
    01 November 2024
  • Minister Noonan opens 2025 Farm Plan Scheme to support nature restoration at farm level
    24 October 2024
  • Minister Noonan announces next step in the development of Ireland’s Nature Restoration Plan
    22 October 2024
  • Minister Malcolm Noonan announces plans for a new Nature Reserve in Kilkenny
    14 October 2024
  • Minister Noonan launches public consultation on the future of Ireland’s National Parks
    10 October 2024
  • Minister Noonan welcomes €172 million package for nature and heritage
    02 October 2024
 
 
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