Environmentally sensitive areas in Northern Ireland: re-monitoring of West Fermanagh and Erne Lakeland; biological evaluation of the ESA scheme between 1993 and 1997
Publication details: Belfast: Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD), [2008]Description: pdf availableSubject(s): Environmental conservation | Countryside conservation and management | Biodiversity | Agricultural subsidiesDDC classification: 333.761609416 Online resources: click here| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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The re-monitoring programme indicates that after six years the plant and invertebrate species diversity of all habitats under an ESA agreement is being maintained. Species diversity is also being maintained on non-participant farms. There were indications of enhancement of species diversity on ESA participant farms. A lack of change in overall species number is not necessarily a failure of the scheme to deliver positive enhancements, as in many cases the range of species on target habitats has changed to include more desirable species from a conservation point of view. This has often been accompanied by a loss of undesirable weed species.
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