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September 28th, 2010
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The IEN AGM will be held in our new offices -1 Green St, Dublin 7. on 20th October 2010. The election for directors is being held this week.
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Loophole in National Monuments legislation alleged A loophole in the National Monuments legislation means that over 126,000 recorded monuments and sites in Ireland have no legal protection.
Friends of the Irish Environment, who have been investigating the levelling of two ring forts this summer near Killmurray, in North Cork, say that the Government is well aware of the loophole but have no [...] |
State to face daily EU fines over Haulbowline The European Commission has confirmed to Friends of the Irish Environment that they have issued the final letter of formal notice to Ireland over the State's failure to licence the toxic dump on Haulbowline Island. The matter will return to the European Court for daily fines unless action is taken without further delay.
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IWT events happening this week There are a number of events happening this week that you may be interested in. See below for details:
Monaghan Louth Branch Meeting
The Irish Wildlife Trust plan on setting up a Monaghan/ Louth branch. Would you like to get involved in local conservation activities in your area? If so please come along to a meeting on [...] |
Shorebirds of Ireland - an illustrated talk by Mark Carmody Shorebirds of Ireland - an illustrated talk by Mark Carmody at the Spirit Store on Monday 4th October 2010 at 8pm.
Dundalk Bay holds the largest number of over-wintering shorebirds in Ireland. Last year peak numbers in January exceeded 60,000 birds, with 38 regularly occurring species. This exceeds the Shannon estuary, Dublin bay and Strangford Lough, [...]
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Avaaz.org run 'Trees not tricks' campaign Avaaz.org are calling on the public to contact European Environment Ministers to urge them to block an attempt to create loopholes on forestry in the global climate treaty currently under negotiation.
According to Avaaz, next week, a small group of European countries are planning to create a massive loophole that would further undermine the prospects of the upcoming [...] |
| GreenWorks Ireland, a national training programme for sustainable and green technology has been awarded funding by the Department of Education & Skills through the newly created Labour Market Activation Fund (LMAF) and is backed by the European Social Fund. This initiative has been established in March of this year and is designed to allow jobseekers to up skill their existing qualifications, take the next step in education or to allow them to move into employment.[...] |
| To mark 2010 International Year of Biodiversity, the National Museum of Ireland- Natural History will hold a two-day seminar on Irish Biodiversity. This seminar brings Ireland's biodiversity experts together to a public forum for the first time to present their most up-to-date research. [...]
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Events Calendar click here for details of these events Thursday, October 7 - Introduction to Sustainable Development (FETAC Accredited Module - L5)
Friday, October 8
- BESRaC CONFERENCE on SUSTAINABLE BUILDING 2010
Saturday, October 9 - Biodiversity Training Seminar
Thursday, October 14 - Resource Ireland 2010
- AESI Annual Conference
- Introduction to Sustainable Development (FETAC Accredited Module - L5)
Friday, October 15
- Birds, Bats and Bugs -A Two Day Seminar on Irish Biodiversity
Saturday, October 16
- Birds, Bats and Bugs -A Two Day Seminar on Irish Biodiversity
Wednesday, October 20 - Survival Essentials: Conference in Waterford
Thursday, October 21
- Introduction to Sustainable Development (FETAC Accredited Module - L5)
Tuesday, October 26
- Enforcing European Union Environmental Law
Thursday, October 28
- Introduction to Sustainable Development (FETAC Accredited Module - L5)
Friday, October 29
- Introduction to Sustainable Development
Saturday, October 30
- Introduction to Sustainable Development
- Claiming Our Future
Tuesday, November 2
- Conference: Biodiversity Beyond 2010: Missed Targets, New Opportunities
- Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management Annual Conference
Wednesday, November 3
- Conference: Biodiversity Beyond 2010: Missed Targets, New Opportunities
- Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management Annual Conference
Thursday, November 4
- Conference: Biodiversity Beyond 2010: Missed Targets, New Opportunities
- Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management Annual Conference
- Introduction to Sustainable Development (FETAC Accredited Module - L5)
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