Wildlife Intervention Options as part of the Bovine Tuberculosis in Northern Ireland Blueprint for Eradication
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The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has commissioned a Strategic Environmental Assessment and Habitat Regulations Assessment (SEA/HRA) on potential wildlife intervention options as part of the Bovine Tuberculosis in Northern Ireland: Blueprint for Eradication. As part of this process an SEA Scoping Report has now been prepared and was issued on the 06 March 2026 to the relevant Statutory Consultation bodies for comment, as appropriate, for 5 weeks.
The purpose of this SEA scoping Report is to provide the context for, and determine the scope of, the SEA and to set out the framework for undertaking the later stages of the SEA, namely the SEA Environmental Report. The Scoping stage of the SEA involves reviewing other relevant plans, policies and programmes, considering the current state of the environment, and identifying any key environmental problems which may be affected by the programme. It sets outs the ‘SEA framework’, which comprises specific environmental objectives against which the likely effects of the programme can be assessed.
The SEA scoping Report can be viewed for information below