Wildlife

Resources & Links

This is the Wildlife resources and links section. Here you can find links to external websites for this heritage area of interest.

Government & State Agencies for Natural Heritage

Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
www.ahg.gov.ie

National Parks and Wildlife
www.npws.ie

Environmental Protection Agency
www.epa.ie

Scottish Natural Heritage
www.snh.org.uk

English Nature
www.english-nature.org.uk

Countryside Council for Wales
www.ccw.gov.uk

Joint Nature Conservation Committee (UK)
www.jncc.gov.uk

Environment & Heritage Services of Northern Ireland
www.ehsni.gov.uk

National Sustainable Development Partnership
www.comharsdc.ie

Natural History Museum
www.museum.ie

Conventions & International Agreements

Convention on Biological Diversity
www.biodiv.org/welcome.aspx

Convention on Migratory Species (Bonn Convention)
www.cms.int

Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
www.ramsar.org

Eurobat Agreement
www.eurobats.org

The Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern Convention)
www.coe.int/T/E/Cultural_Co-operation/Environment/Nature_and_biological_diversity/Nature_protection/

Convention on International Trade on Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna
www.cites.org

The Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic
www.ospar.org

World Heritage Convention
http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
http://unfccc.int/2860.php

African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement
www.unep-aewa.org

Biodiversity Conservation & Management Initiatives

Burren Farming for Conservation Programme
www.burrenlife.com

Control of Aquatic Invasive Species in Ireland
http://caisie.ie

Biological Recording

National Biodiversity Network (UK)
www.nbn.org.uk

National Framework for Biological Recording (UK)
www.nfbr.org.uk

British Association of Nature Conservationists (UK)
www.banc.org.uk

Centre for Environmental Data and Recording (NI)
www.habitas.org.uk/cedar

Butterflies of Ireland
www.irishbutterflies.com

Butterfly Ireland
www.butterflyireland.com

Dragonfly Ireland
www.habitas.org.uk/dragonflyireland

Syrphidae (Diptera) Database
www.iol.ie/~millweb/syrph/syrphid.htm

British Mycological Fungal Records Database
www.fieldmycology.net

Birdtrack - Recording Birds across Britain & Ireland
www.bto.org/birdtrack/index.htm

Cetacean sightings scheme
www.iwdg.ie/iscope/?cat=2

Recent Irish Bird Sightings
www.irishbirding.com

Irish Rare Bird Committee
www.irbc.ie

Irish Naturalists' Journal
www.habitas.org.uk/inj/index.html

Irish Frog Survey
www.ipcc.ie/hoptoitintro.html

National Newt Survey
http://iwt.ie

Global Biodiversity Information Facility
www.gbif.net/portal/index.jsp

Algaebase
www.algaebase.org

Irish Biogeographical Society
www.irishbiogeographicalsociety.com/

Irish Environmental Non-Government Organisations

BirdWatch Ireland
www.birdwatchireland.ie

Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals [ISPCA]
www.ispca.ie

Irish Peatland Conservation Council
www.ipcc.ie

Irish Wildlife Trust
www.iwt.ie

Irish Seal Sanctuary
www.irishsealsanctuary.ie

An Taisce
www.antaisce.org

Irish Whale & Dolphin Group
www.iwdg.ie

Friends of the Irish Environment
www.friendsoftheirishenvironment.org

Burrenbeo
www.burrenbeo.com

Voice of Irish Concern for the Environment
http://voiceireland.org

Ireland's National Platform for Biodiversity Research
www.biodiversityresearch.ie

Irish Seed Savers
www.irishseedsavers.ie

European Institutions

European Union's Directorate General for Environment
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/environment/index_en.htm

European Union's Directorate General for Agriculture & Rural Development
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/agriculture/index_en.htm

European Union's DG for Fisheries
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/maritimeaffairs_fisheries/index_en.htm

European Environmental Agency
www.eea.eu.int

European Union Network for Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law
http://impel.eu

Ecologic - Institute for International and European Environmental Policy
www.ecologic.de

European Environmental Bureau
www.eeb.org

Council of Europe - Cultural and Natural Heritage
www.coe.int/t/dg4/cultureheritage/default_en.asp

Council of Europe - Environment and Sustainable Development
www.coe.int/lportal/web/coe-portal/what-we-do/culture-and-nature/sustainable-development

European Research Area
ec.europa.eu/research/era/index_en.htm

European Community Biodiversity Clearing House Mechanism
biodiversity-chm.eea.eu.int

European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy
www.epbrs.org

International Environmental Non-Government Organisations

UNESCO Man & Biosphere Programme
www.unesco.org/mab/index.htm

UNESCO - Natural Sciences
www.unesco.org/science

BirdLife International
www.birdlife.net/index.html

British Trust for Ornithology
www.bto.org/

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
www.rspb.org.uk

Bat Conservation Trust (UK)
www.bats.org.uk

The Mammal Society (UK)
www.abdn.ac.uk/mammal

British Dragonfly Society
www.dragonflysoc.org.uk

Wetlands International
www.wetlands.org

UNEP - World Conservation Monitoring Centre
www.unep-wcmc.org

Conservation International
www.conservation.org/xp/CIWEB/home

Flora & Fauna International
www.fauna-flora.org

International Mire Conservation Group
www.imcg.net

World Wide Fund for Nature
www.panda.org

IUCN - The World Conservation Union
iucn.org

European Forum for Nature Conservation & Pastoralism
www.efncp.org

Europarc - European Federation of National Parks
www.europarc.org

European Centre for Nature Conservation
www.ecnc.nl

European Environmental Advisory Councils
www.eeac-network.org

Forest Stewardship Council
www.fsc.org/en

Institute for European Environment Policy
www.ieep.org.uk