Publications

Lower Bann, Local Management Area, Action Plan 2009-2015, March 2012.

The Carlingford and Newry Local Management Area Action Plan, published in March 2012, details local measures identified to improve the water environment. 

Our rivers, lakes, estuaries, seas and groundwater provide water to sustain many of our core social and economic activities, and also provide drinking water for our population.

Responsibility for an animal includes having an understanding of the specific health and welfare needs of the animal and having the appropriate knowledge and skills to care for the animal.

This paper details the procedures for translating the definitions of good groundwater chemical status into an operational classification system.

This paper provides the detailed procedures for the translation of the definitions of good groundwater quantitative status outlined in Annex V of the WFD into an operational classification system.

Guidance from Drinking Water Inspectorate for Northern Ireland on the requirements for reporting of events associated with regulation 33 (6 and 7) of the Water Supply Water Quality Amendment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

Identifying the location and boundaries of bodies of surface water in Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland Environment Agency Internal Environmental Statement 2010/2011.

Water Management Unit guidance note on carrying out a Water Framework Directive assessment on Environmental Impact Assessment developments

Guidance for District Councils on Sections 31 to 35 of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011.

This guidance document has been written for operators
who have applied for a licence to abstract groundwater.
 

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs  (DAERA) has published this guidance to explain to keepers the system adopted in Northern Ireland for the registration of pig holdings, and the identification and movement of pigs.

A quick reference guide highlighting key points for the rules for the registration of pig holdings and identification and movement of pigs.

This document provides a sample of a pig movement book (PM1) that should be completed every time you move pigs between separate holdings. It is not required when moving pigs to other premises within your holding.

Guidance on Part 5 of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011.

Guidance on Nuisance Parking and Abandoned Vehicles Legislation.

The current study aimed to examine how intra-colony nest location affected gull reproductive success through differential predation risk from three avian predators (jackdaws, lesser black-backed gulls and herring gulls).

A report on field boundary length estimates derived from the 2007 Northern Ireland Countryside Survey

Integrated and co-ordinated species surveillance and monitoring is imperative to document the arrival, establishment, spread and impact of alien species (muntjac deer).