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picture of a local hedgerow

Dec 2009 - Northern Ireland Countryside Survey 2007 results are available.
18th Feb 2009 - Minister welcomes new members to natural heritage advisory body - CNCC New Members
13th Feb 2009 - Darwin Anniversary heralds new conservation era for Northern Ireland - £2m NH investment
12th Feb 2009 - New £2m research contract into NI's Natural Heritage to aid future government policy NI £2m NH investment
On 2nd October 2008 we published a new report in the Research and Development Series The car based bat monitoring scheme: summary report for Northern Ireland 2007 (.PDF 554Kb). This report presents bat diversity and encouter rates during the study for 2007.
On 22nd July 2008 we published a new report in the Research and Development Series Wood Pasture and Parkland Scoping Study 2006 (.PDF 644Kb) This report documents the high biodiversity value of parklands and their veteran trees.

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