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Raised bog Natural Heritage Areas legislation        printable version
02 Jul 2016: posted by the editor - Environment, Ireland

The drafting of legislation has been approved as a matter of priority for the de-designation of 39 raised bog Natural Heritage Areas (NHAs) and the part de-designation of 7 raised bog NHAs.

It will now be submitted by The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys to the General Scheme of the Wildlife (Amendment) Bill to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht for pre-legislative scrutiny.

The publication of the legislation is identified as a 100 Day Action in the Programme for a Partnership Government.

Speaking today Minister Humphreys said: “This legislation is an important step forward in terms of securing a long term resolution for turf cutters. The legislation will implement the recommendations of the Review of Raised Bog Natural Heritage Area Network, which was approved by Government in 2014. It concluded that Ireland could more effectively conserve threatened raised bog habitats through focused protection and restoration of a reconfigured network.

“This will result in the phasing out of turf cutting on certain existing NHAs by January 1st 2017 in addition to the partial or complete de-designation of certain NHAs. There will be around 2,500 fewer actively cut turf plots in the reconfigured network.

“I have now put forward a proposed Bill to de-designate 39 Natural Heritage Areas and part de-designate 7 Natural Heritage Areas, in line with the Programme for a Partnership Government. It is my hope that de-designating these bogs will help with the relocation process, which is an important piece of the overall resolution for turf cutters.”

In January 2014, the Review of Raised Bog Natural Heritage Area Network was published and concluded that Ireland could more effectively achieve conservation of threatened raised bog habitat through focused protection and restoration of a reconfigured network.

This will entail the phasing out of turf-cutting on certain natural heritage areas by 1 January 2017 and the partial or complete de-designation of certain natural heritage areas.

46 natural heritage areas (including parts of 7 natural heritage areas) are scheduled for de-designation.

The regulatory change required to give full effect to the de-designation of the sites will now be provided for via this new Bill. The Bill will provide for the de-designation of 39 Natural Heritage Areas and the part de-designation of 7 Natural Heritage Areas, arising from the Review of Raised Bog Natural Heritage Area Network.

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