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Celebrating a biodiversity boom for Bangor on World Oyster Day
It has been just over a year since we launched the first native oyster nursery on the island of Ireland at Bangor Marina. This World Oyster Day (5 August) we're celebrating a win for wildlife…
First ‘super-sized’ nature reserve created in Belfast Hills to boost biodiversity
A new super-sized nature reserve – equivalent to about 480 football fields – is being created in the Belfast Hills to help boost biodiversity and reverse nature's decline.
New Glenarm nursery set to release 800 million oyster larvae to boost biodiversity and clean up local waters
Native oysters are set to flourish once more along the Glenarm coast with the creation of a new native oyster nursery at Glenarm Marina.
Oyster nursery installed at Belfast Harbour to help improve water quality and boost marine life
Belfast Harbour, in partnership with Ulster Wildlife, has installed an oyster nursery in the port to help restore the native population of the species, improve water quality and boost marine…
Cows with collars transform conservation efforts at Slievenacloy
Over 25 conservation cattle have been fitted with cutting-edge GPS collars at Slievenacloy Nature Reserve, in the Belfast Hills, to help restore this designated grassland site and boost…
The global nature summit COP15: what this means for Northern Ireland
Once-in-a-decade plans to save the natural world and reverse global biodiversity loss by 2030 will be decided by world leaders this week at COP15, in Canada. What happens here will directly affect…
My future
From creating new hedgerows on a farm, to helping to inspire the next generation of nature lovers, Andy is building the skills, confidence and experience as a Biodiversity Trainee that will set…
My perspective
Ben grew up at the Naze paddling in the sea and looking for sharks’ teeth. After graduation, he returned to the landscape he loves to help local people experience the wonders of the natural world…
Nature Notes 1 February 2022
Over the last six weeks, we have been busy carrying out peatland restoration work at our newest nature reserve, Glenullin Bog, near Garvagh. By rewetting the bog and increasing the water table,…
The new UN Global Ocean Treaty: what is it and why is it important?
Late on Saturday (4 March 2023), in New York, history was made. A Global Ocean Treaty was agreed via the UN Intergovernmental Conference on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction, after many…
CEDaR Shore Thing Training Day
On 4 August we headed to the Portrush Coastal Zone to run a Shore Thing Survey Training Day. Shore Thing is a citizen science project run by the Marine Biological Association which aims to record…