11 biodiversity projects in Clare are set to share an almost \u20ac100,000 Government funding allocation.<\/p>\n
The money has been awarded under the the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage\u2019s Local Biodiversity Action Fund.<\/p>\n
The scheme was established in 2018 to assist local authorities with implementing actions in support of biodiversity.<\/p>\n
A total of 11 projects in Clare have been awarded funding under this year\u2019s round of the initiative, with the county\u2019s allocation coming to \u20ac96,273.<\/p>\n
A wetlands survey has taken the lion\u2019s share of the funding with \u20ac19,975 apportioned for this purpose while an invasive alien plant species survey has been granted \u20ac17,000.<\/p>\n
A project entitled \u2018Return to Nature \u2013 Clare Church Biodiversity Initiative\u2019, which aims to involve various community members in biodiversity actions, has been given \u20ac14,044.<\/p>\n
An initiative attempting to build a \u201cstrategic marine alliance\u201d in Liscannor Bay has been funded to the tune of \u20ac10,664 while an Ennis circuitscape study and an invasive alien species treatment project in Killaloe have each received \u20ac8,500.<\/p>\n
Full list of successful projects:<\/p>\n
Wetlands Survey<\/p>\n
Burren Protected species Survey<\/p>\n
Ennis Circuitscape study (Bat species survey)<\/p>\n
IAS Survey<\/p>\n
Invasive Species Treatment in Killaloe<\/p>\n
Recording Irish mayfly \u2013 establishing conservation status<\/p>\n
Return to Nature<\/p>\n
Clare Biodiversity Awareness \u2013 Connecting Nature with People<\/p>\n
Towards building a Strategic Marine Alliance in Liscannor Bay<\/p>\n
Shannon Estuary Biodiversity Story Map<\/p>\n
Clare Barn Owl Monitoring and Conservation 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"11 biodiversity projects in Clare are set to share an almost \u20ac100,000 Government funding allocation. The money has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[246,61,60,82],"class_list":["post-159477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}