01/05/2015
£1.25m Natural Environment Fund Opens
A £1.25 million Natural Environment Fund (NEF) has now opened for applications.
The fund, for Non Governmental Organisations (NGO) in Northern Ireland, aims to help protect landscape, species and access to the countryside.
The Environment Minister Mark H Durkan increased the fund following a workshop with environment NGOs in Crawfordsburn last week.
Mr Durkan has rebalanced the carrier bag levy funding to facilitate the increase.
Mark H Durkan said: "Last week I set up a workshop in Crawfordsburn attended by 22 environment NGOs. I have given very careful consideration and listened to concerns that emerged.
"They needed more money to tackle the most acute environmental priorities facing us in the North, such as safeguarding our most valuable sites and landscape, protecting our priority species and encouraging access to the countryside. For that reason I have increased the fund by 25% from £1million to £1.25million."
(CD/MH)
The fund, for Non Governmental Organisations (NGO) in Northern Ireland, aims to help protect landscape, species and access to the countryside.
The Environment Minister Mark H Durkan increased the fund following a workshop with environment NGOs in Crawfordsburn last week.
Mr Durkan has rebalanced the carrier bag levy funding to facilitate the increase.
Mark H Durkan said: "Last week I set up a workshop in Crawfordsburn attended by 22 environment NGOs. I have given very careful consideration and listened to concerns that emerged.
"They needed more money to tackle the most acute environmental priorities facing us in the North, such as safeguarding our most valuable sites and landscape, protecting our priority species and encouraging access to the countryside. For that reason I have increased the fund by 25% from £1million to £1.25million."
(CD/MH)
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