News & Events
- 22/06/2009
- Free Summer Field Trip - July 12th 2009
- 04/06/2009
- Five Illustrated Talks - Starting Tuesday 9 June - Kilfenora
- 03/06/2009
- Ministers join forces for the Burren
- 03/06/2009
- BurrenLIFE Goes Europe Wide
- 31/03/2009
- Burren School Children Shine
- 04/02/2009
- How to receive your copy of BurrenLIFE's Farming For Conservation DVD
- 07/01/2009
- Burren Beef & Lamb Orders
Introduction
The Burren is one of the most important and best-known landscapes in Europe due to the wealth and diversity of its natural and cultural heritage. As a result, much of the Burren has been designated as part of the Natura 2000 Network under the EU Habitats Directive.
Five Special Areas of Conservation (cSACs) covering 47,000ha have been designated: Galway Bay Complex, Ballyvaughan Turlough, The East Burren Complex, Black Head-Poulsallagh Complex and Moneen Mountain. The latter three are the focus of the BurrenLIFE Project. They contain a variety of habitats, including limestone pavements, grasslands, limestone heaths and hazel scrub. Many of these habitats, e.g. limestone pavements, orchid-rich grasslands and turloughs are priority habitats under the Habitats Directive and are accorded the highest level of protection.
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