Publications

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).

Deer, especially introduced species, are of major concern with regards to impacts on biodiversity, forestry and agriculture and also affecting humans directly, causing fatalities and injury through deer-vehicle collisions.

The removal of competition, persistence of bare peat, exposure of the historical seed bank and establishment of pioneer species resulted in sod removal plots having greater species richness than control plots.

Guidance to District Councils on Part 6, Chapter 1 (Alarm Notification Areas) of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011.

Guidance to District Councils on Part 6, Chapter 2 (Amendments to the Noise Act 1996) of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011.

Code of practice on odour nuisance from sewage treatment works.

These guidelines have been developed by the Department of the Environment to provide guidance and information about cigarette litter prevention.

Guidance for district councils that are using, or plan to use, the fixed penalty notice powers in the Litter (Northern Ireland) Order 1994; the Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978; the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act (Northern Ireland)

Minutes of monthly meetings in 2011.

Environmetal Impact Assessment of scoping guidance for developments likely to impact upon the water environment.

A Water Management Unit guidance note on road schemes and the protection of the water environment .