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What does EIA stand for?

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Environmental Impact Assessments

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What does SEA stand for?

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Strategic Environmental Assessment

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What does AA mean?

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Appropriate Assessment

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When was the wildlife act introduced?

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1976

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What does NPWS mean?

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National Parks and Wildlife Service

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What does the EPA stand for?

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Environmental Protection Agency

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What does NHA stand for?

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Natural Heritage Area

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When was the Flora (Protection) Order introduced?

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2015

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What does EEL stand for?

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European Environmental law

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What does MSFD stand for?

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Marine Strategy Framework Directive

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What does WFD stand for?

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Water Framework Directive

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What does SAC stand for?

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Special Area of Conservation

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What does SPA stand for?

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Special Protection areas

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How many Natura 2000 sites are in Ireland?

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604

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What does SCIs stand for?

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Sites of Community Importance

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What does cSACs stand for?

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Candidate Special areas of conservation

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What is a mandatory EIA?

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When projects listed in Annex 1 are considered as having significant effects on the environment and require an EIA

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What does the Flora (protection) order, 2015 prohibit?

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-Makes it illegal to cut, uproot or damage the listed species in any way or offer them for sale
-Illegal to sell seeds
-Illegal to interfere with their habitat as well

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How many blanket bogs are classified as NHAs?

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73 Blanket bogs

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How many raised bogs are classified as NHAs?

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75

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What are nature areas?

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-Area of importance to wildlife, protected under Ministerial order
-Owned by State, organizations or private owners

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What is the Wildlife act, 1976?

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Principal national legislation providing for the protection of wildlife and the control of some activities that may adversely affect wildlife

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What is an EU directive?

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Legislative act of the European Union which requires member states to achieve a particular result without dictating the means of achieving that result

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What are the objectives of the habitats directive?

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-Aims to protect 220 habitats and 1,000 species listed in the directives Annexes

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What are Ireland's obligations regarding the habitats directive?
-To designate special areas of conservation -Achieve favourable conservation status
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When was the habitats directive transposed into Irish law?
1997
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How many Annex 1 habitats (SACs) are in Ireland?
59
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How many Annex II, species are in Ireland (SACs)
26 species
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How many species are under Annex IV, strict protection ?
41 species
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How many species are under controls taking from the wild/exploitation, Annex V?
48 species
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When was the Birds Directive transposed into Irish law?
2011
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What is the objectives of the Birds directive?
To protect all European wild birds and the habitats of listed species
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What are Ireland's obligations regarding the birds directive?
-SPAs -List of vulnerable species (ANNEX 1) -Regularly occurring migratory species, ducks, geese and waders
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How many SPAs have been designated since 1985?
154
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How many hectares has been designated as SPAs?
570,000 hectares
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What are fitness checks?
-To provide evidenced based critical analysis of whether EU actions are proportionate to their objectives and delivering as expected
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What are SCIs?
Are sites that have been adopted by the European Commission but not yet formally designated by the government of each country.
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What are candidate SACs?
are sites that have been submitted to the European commission
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What are appropriate assessments?
Is when any development project that may impact on a Natura 2000 site, whether in the boundaries of the site or not, an appropriate assessment must be carried out
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What is a key aspect of environmental assessment procedures?
Public consultation
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What are mandatory EIAs?
Are all projects listed in Annex 1 and are considered as having significant effects
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What is the objective of the nitrates directive?
To protect water quality across Europe by preventing nitrates from agricultural sources polluting ground and surface waters and by promoting the use of good farming practices
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When was the nitrates directive transposed into Irish law?
2005
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When was the water framework directive transposed into Irish law?
2003
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What was the objective of the Water framework directive?
That all European waters have to achieve good ecological and chemical status by 2015. That means not only low levels of chemical pollution but also sustaining healthy aquatic ecosystems
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When was the Marine strategy framework directive transposed into Irish law?
July 2010
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What does CBD stand for?
Convention on Biological Diversity
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What are the objectives of the CBD?
To ensure the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components, and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits from the use of genetic resources
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When did the CBD occur?
1992, Earth Summit in Rio de Janerio
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What does CITES stand for?
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
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What is the aim of CITES?
To ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival
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What is CMS / The Bonn Convention?
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, 1979
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What is the Ramsar Convention? (On Wetlands)
-1971 -Intergovernmental treaty which provides the framework for national action and international cooperation for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources
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What is the World Heritage Convention (1972)?
Nature conservation and the preservation of cultural properties. -Convention recognises the way in which people interact with nature, and the need to preserve the balance between the two
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What is the OSPAR Convention (1992)?
-Guiding international cooperation on the protection of the marine environment of the North-East Atlantic. Combined 1972 Oslo Convention on dumping waste at sea and 1974 Paris Convention on land-based sources of marine pollution
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What are Irish habitats listed under Annex 1?
-Species rich grasslands -Molinia meadows -Lowland hay meadows
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What is Annex V in relation to the Birds directive?
Promotes research to underpin the protection, management and use of all species of birds covered by the directive
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What is Annex IV under the birds directive?
Provides for the sustainable management of hunting, but Member states must outlaw all forms of non-selective and large scale killing,
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What is Annex III under the birds directive?
Activities that directly threaten birds, such as delibrate killing, capture or trade, or destruciton of their habitats and nests is banned
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What is Annnexx II under the birds directive?
82 bird species can be hunted, hunting periods are limited and hunting is forbidden when birds are at their most venerable
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What is annex I under the birds directive?
194 species and sub-species are threatened, special protection areas for their survival and all migratory bird species

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