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Galway Bay FM
27 May 2021
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Galway Bay fm newsroom – â¬100,000 in Government funding has been allocated to promote biodiversity and to tackle Invasive Alien Species or IAS across Galway city and county.
Projects supported by the investment include the treatment of 19 IAS sites in the city, a biodiversity and pollinator awareness campaign in the county, a Health Green Spaces project, and a barn owl conservation strategy.
Over â¬50,000 will be invested in five projects in Galway city, and another five projects in the county will receive funding of close to â¬50,000 under the National Biodiversity Action Plan.
â¬16,000 will go towards managing, controlling and eradicating IAS such as hogweed, Japanese knotweed and Rhododendron at 19 locations in Galway city.
Funding for biodiversity projects in Louth
Reporter:
Almost €32,000 has been awarded to biodiversity projects in Louth.
All of the local projects to receive funding promote actions contained in the National Biodiversity Action Plan (NBAP) 2017-2021.
The grants offer funding to assist local authority biodiversity officers and heritage officers in local authorities without a biodiversity officer.
This year the funding was double that of 2020.
The local diversity projects that received funding include €5,000 to carry out a PILOT fire-risk survey of part of the Carlingford Mountain SAC, €500 for hedgerow awareness project, in which a highly visible 50 metre section of hedge will be laid in a prominent location, alongside a busy road and €12,750 for the eradication of alien invasive species along the Carlingford to Omeath Greenway.
Japanese knotweed is one of the invasive species that will be tackled
Thirty-one local authorities will share a €1.35m grant to promote biodiversity, tackle invasive species, conduct wetlands surveys, and much more.
More than 100 projects will benefit from funding under the National Biodiversity Local Authority Biodiversity Grant Scheme, announced by Minister of State with responsibility for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan.
Biodiversity grant doubled
The scheme, which saw funding doubled for 2021, is operated by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
It assists local authority biodiversity officers (and heritage officers in local authorities without a biodiversity officer) with the implementation of projects that promote actions contained in the National Biodiversity Action Plan (NBAP) 2017-2021.