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  2. List of Special Protection Areas in the Republic of Ireland

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    The following is a list of Special Protection Areas in the Republic of Ireland known as SPA, as listed by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS).The Special Protection Areas are designated areas of protection under the European Union Birds Directive and are in place to protect rare and vulnerable bird species, migratory bird species, and wetlands that are deemed to be internationally ...

  3. Wildlife Act 1976 - Wikipedia

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    The Act included a schedule of protected species, [1] but it was relatively weak on habitat protection, particularly in the case of habitats on privately owned land. [2] Subsequent measures to transpose the European Union's Birds Directive (originally 1979, replaced 2009) and Habitats Directive (1992) into Irish law have strengthened habitat ...

  4. Special Protection Area - Wikipedia

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    The Conservation (Natural Habitats etc.) Regulations 1994 implement the terms of the Directive in Scotland, England and Wales. In Great Britain, SPAs (and SACs) designated on land or in the intertidal area are normally also notified as Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs), and in Northern Ireland as Areas of Special Scientific Interest ...

  5. Birds Directive - Wikipedia

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    The Birds Directive (formally known as Council Directive 2009/147/EC on the conservation of wild birds) is the oldest piece of EU legislation on the environment and one of its cornerstones [1] which was unanimously adopted in April 1979 as the Directive 79/409/EEC. Amended in 2009, it became the Directive 2009/147/EC.

  6. List of Special Areas of Conservation in the Republic of Ireland

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    Ireland's Eye: Dublin 40.34 IE0002193: Knocksink Wood: Dublin, Wicklow 87.89 IE0000725: Lambay Island: Dublin 404.19 IE0000204: Malahide Estuary: Dublin 788 IE0000205: Rogerstown Estuary: Dublin 537.76 IE0000208: Ballynafagh Bog: Kildare 155.23 IE0000391: Ballynafagh Lake: Ballynafagh Lake, County Kildare: Kildare 45.49 IE0001387: Red Bog ...

  7. Natura 2000 - Wikipedia

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    The Birds Directive requires the establishment of Special Protection Areas for birds. The Habitats Directive similarly requires Sites of Community Importance which upon the agreement of the European Commission become Special Areas of Conservation to be designated for species other than birds, and for habitat types (e.g. particular types of ...

  8. Biogeographic regions of Europe - Wikipedia

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    Annex III of the Habitats Directive discusses a 2-stage approach to prioritizing conservation: [4] In Stage 1 each member country assesses the relative importance of sites in their country for habitats and species based on criteria defined in the Habitats Directive. [4] Stage 2 assesses the member country sites at a European Community level.

  9. Habitats Directive - Wikipedia

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    [3] [4] The Habitats Directive, together with the Birds Directive, are also called the "nature directives". [5] The Habitats Directive consists of 24 articles of legislation to which all member states must comply. Article 17 of the directive sets the terms and standards for reporting on both the habitats and species listed in the annexes by the ...