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Larne Lough Local Management Area Action Plan and Update 2013
The Significant Water Management Issues (SWMI) Local Management Area (LMA) Action Plan and update for Larne Lough 2013.
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Lough Melvin and Arney Local Management Area Action Plan and Update 2013
The Significant Water Management Issues (SWMI) Local Management Area (LMA) Action Plan and update for Lough Melvin and Arney 2013.
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DARD directed AFBI research work programme 2013/14
DARD directed AFBI research work programme 2013/14 documents
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Equality screening form - Designation of Special Areas of Conservation for harbour porpoise
Equality screening form - Designation of Special Areas of Conservation for harbour porpoise
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Agricultural Research and Development Schemes
Agricultural Research and Development Schemes
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Operational Guidance Note on Alignment of Water Framework Directive Classification and Objectives in Natura 2000 Protected Areas - 2015
An investigation of the UK WFD Technical Advisory Group's (UKTAG) recommendation that government agencies should investigate potential alignment of WFD and N2K standards and objectives. The use of a common set of standards would simplify...
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Management of Marine Protected areas in the Water Framework Directive 2nd cycle River Basin Management Plans - 2015
This report defines the protected areas in each Northern Ireland river basin district, and describes the objectives (as defined by their originating directive) associated with each protected area. It also explains how we link predicted...
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POM Partnership Working - Summary of all measures - 2015
Progress has been made in implementing the programme of measures within Northern Ireland and this is the result of the co-ordinated efforts of a range of responsible authorities and stakeholders.NIEA has developed a number of...
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Inventory of Emissions, Discharges and Losses of Substances and Chemical Analysis Information - 2015
The Environmental Quality Standards Directive (2008/105/EC), (as amended by Directive 2013/39/EU), is a daughter directive of WFD that specifies the assessment, reporting and objectives required for Chemical Status. Collation and reporting of the inventory of...
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Water Framework Directive Aquifer Classification Scheme for Northern Ireland - 2015
A new aquifer classification scheme has been devised for Northern Ireland. It is proposed for use initially for Water Framework Directive groundwater characterisation.
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The Classification of Ecological Potential for Heavily Modified Transitional and Coastal Water Bodies in Northern Ireland - 2015
The Water Framework Directive (WFD) allows Member States to identify surface water bodies which have been physically altered by human activity and designate them as heavily modified water bodies (HMWB). If the uses of such...
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Groundwater Body Classification - 2009
The EC Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) (WFD) requires the status of groundwater management units (groundwater bodies) within each river basin to be determined as ‘good’ or ‘poor’ (with respect to the target date of 2015)...
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Angiosperms - Seagrass - Transitional and Coastal Waters - 2009
Summary of the methods used to monitor marine angiosperms.
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Benthic Invertebrates - Imposex - Coastal Waters - 2009
Summary of the methods used to monitor benthic invertebrates.
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Benthic Invertebrates - Infaunal Quality Index - Transitional and Coastal Waters - 2009
Summary of the methods used to monitor benthic invertebrates.
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Groundwater Dependent Terrestrial Ecosystems - 2009
This paper describes the method used to assess the Water Framework Directive (WFD) quantitative status of groundwater bodies with respect to deterioration of GroundWater Dependent Terrestrial Ecosystems (GWDTEs) related to groundwater abstraction.
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Macroalgae - Macroalgal Blooming Tool -Transitional and Coastal Waters - 2009
Summary of the methods used to monitor macroalgae.
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Macroalgae - Reduced Species List -Transitional and Coastal Waters - 2009
Summary of methods used to monitor macroalgae.
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Neagh Bann River Basin Management Plan Summary - 2009
River basin planning takes an integrated approach to the protection, improvement and sustainable use of the water environment. It applies to groundwater (underground water) and to all surface water bodies, including rivers, lakes, transitional (estuarine)...
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Coastal Water Body – North Coast - 2015
Summary of Water Framework Directive 2nd cycle classification.