Publications

Delivering Our Future, Valuing Our Soils: A Sustainable Agricultural Land Management Strategy for Northern Ireland’ was produced by an independent Expert Working Group on Sustainable Land Management.

Delineation of Forestry Planning Areas, based on geographic boundaries between planning units, enables forestry planning to provide clear information to stakeholders regarding the opportunities to promote afforestation and sustainable forestry within the area under considerati

Reference map of Forestry Planning Areas and Landscape Units.

On assessing your application NIEA considers that a Preliminary Ecological Appraisal is required.

The Timber Customer Charter covers policy areas within Forest Service, such as status, functions, certification, sales, production and consultation.

The scoping stage of forestry planning is intended to enable you, and other stakeholders, to become involved, at the outset, in the process of developing a plan for the promotion of afforestation and sustainable forestry in the Sperrin Forestry Planning Area. 

Presentation from extreme flooding event recovery workshop 18/09/17 

This Policy Position Statement explores and affirms the role statutory nature reserves play in conservation management in Northern Ireland and in providing places for people to connect with wildlife.  

Application form for afforestation.

The Northern Ireland Landscape Character Assessment (LCA 46) for Blackwater Valley, including key characteristics, geodiversity and biodiversity profiles.

On assessing your planning application NIEA considers that there is reasonable likelihood of badgers being present on the site and affected by the proposed development.

On assessing your planning application NIEA considers that there is reasonable likelihood of otters being present on the site and affected by the proposed development.

On assessing your planning application NIEA considers that there is reasonable likelihood of newts being present on the site and affected by the proposed development.

On assessing your planning application NIEA considers that there is reasonable likelihood of red squirrels being present on the site and affected by the proposed development.

On assessing your application NIEA considers that there is reasonable likelihood of priority habitat being affected by the proposed development.

On assessing your planning application NIEA considers that there is reasonable likelihood of lizards being present on the site and affected by the proposed development.

On assessing your planning application NIEA considers that there is reasonable likelihood of marsh fritillary being present on the site and affected by the proposed development.

On assessing your planning application NIEA considers that there is reasonable likelihood of bats being present on the site and affected by the proposed development.

West Fermanagh Forests Management Plan 2016

The report details an independent quality assurance exercise in relation to Northern Ireland Countryside Survey 2007 (NICS2007). The results demonstrated the reliability of Northern Ireland Countryside Survey (NICS) data and procedures.