Carlingford Lough is a multiple-designation marine protected area (MPA). Through its designated status as both a Special Area of Conservation (EU Habitats Directive) and a Special Protection Area (EU Birds Directive), it is part of the Natura 2000 network of…
Storytelling is alive and well in all parts of Ireland, as evident from number of entries to a national story writing competition called Stories from the Waterside, which ran in April and May during the COVID-19 lockdown. It focused on…
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Love This Place, Leave No Trace — Government of Ireland in partnership with Leave No Trace Ireland call for the public to care for our countryside, follow the Leave No Trace principles and protect and preserve our land Pic: Cliodhna Ni…
Over the past 10 weeks, the Marine Institute and partners have been celebrating our seas through our Oceans of Learning series, by offering news, online activities and resources on a range of marine topics. More than 130 resources are now…
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Would you like to take part in a free informative online lesson in sustainability, and, by participating, also contributing to valuable research in how best to teach sustainability? If so, IOLN member Caroline Brennan, a PhD Researcher in the School…
The Irish Ocean Literacy Network was delighted to host its first online members meeting of 2020 on the 15.7.20 through ZOOM. With over 40 members in attendance, participants heard from a range of key note speakers plus flash presentations from…
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Dr. Kathryn Schoenrock-Rossiter, who is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Zoology, the Ryan Institute, NUI Galway is looking for your help for a project she is currently working on called AQUATAP-ES. AQUATAP-ES is trying to understand how the…
The first meeting on the EU4Ocean Platform took place on the 18 June 2020 with more than 90 participants from different sectors and backgrounds, following the launch of the EU4Ocean Coalition by Virginijus Sinkevičius, Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, on World…
Island communities in Ireland can connect up with an estimated 10,000 other islanders across the world in the second ever global Virtual Island Summit (VIS) taking place online from 7-13th September this year. "The Virtual Island Summit seeks to build digital…
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Members of the Irish Ocean Literacy Network were delighted to be amongst almost 100 participants, who attended the workshop organised by Aqua TT and NUIG, specifically adapted to supporting sustainable change in Ireland. Attendees of this virtual course included representatives…
