Representatives of Ireland’s most ambitious LIFE nature restoration projects met last 17 April at Glenveagh National Park (Donegal, Ireland) in a knowledge exchange workshop, coinciding with the halfway point of their initiatives. In this way, a programme of presentations was developed in which Javier Ferreiro, representing IBADER of the University of Santiago de Compostela and LIFE INSULAR, Máire Ní Fearraigh and Eithne Davis for LIFE on Machair, and Victoria McArthur for Wild Atlantic Nature, presented the progress and scope of their respective projects.
Afterwards, the attendees took part in a technical visit through the forests of Glenveagh, guided by conservation rangers Martin Toye and Eibhlín McGeever, in which the main lines of the park’s new forest management strategy were presented: elimination of invasive species, control of deer populations, expansion of native woodland and creation of its own forest nursery. The meeting was valued very positively, as it favoured the exchange of experiences, the creation of new connections and the incorporation of useful learning for the next phase of the projects.
