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Advanced Mooring System Installation in Strangford Lough Seagrass meadows are essential to marine ecosystems, functioning much like forests on land by capturing and storing carbon, making them pivotal in the...

Winning image of the 2025 AONB Amateur Photography Competition above – ‘Binnian’s Sunset’ by Enda Quinn Each year, Newry, Mourne and Down District Council hosts its popular amateur photography competition...

Newry Mourne and Down District Council has launched the Strangford and Lecale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Landscape Connections Community Survey. This is a chance for local people, landowners, community groups,...

Image credit: Ryan Browne, Ballydorn Lightship Capture your Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty through the camera lens! Amateur Photography Competition Open! The management teams of the three Areas of Outstanding...

Each year, Newry, Mourne and Down District Council hosts an amateur photography competition to highlight the splendour of the district’s three Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The winning photographs from...

Health Minister and Ulster Unionist Party Leader Mike Nesbitt and councillors Pete Wray and Joe Boyle joined local community leaders in Portaferry on Saturday to launch a new festival celebrating...

Exciting Job Opportunities! Are you passionate about nature conservation and community engagement? We have two incredible roles available in the stunning Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and Geopark! AONB...

The WiSe Scheme The UK’s national training scheme for minimising disturbance to marine wildlife. The waters around the UK are home to a fantastic variety of marine wildlife, whether visible...

The Strangford Lough and Lecale Partnership (SLLP) has elected a new Chair, Edel Trainor and Deputy Chair, Cllr Philip Campbell as champions of this valued landscape, the Strangford and Lecale...

We are pleased to announce that our much sought after AONB Calendar for 2024 will soon be available throughout The Mournes, the Ring of Gullion and Strangford and Lecale. Watch...

Joyce Country and Western Lakes aspiring UNESCO Global Geopark (aUGGp) and its communities in north County Galway and south-west County Mayo have just hosted representatives from the Mourne Gullion Strangford...

The Northern Ireland Coastal Observatory was launched by DAERA on Friday 20th October. The Coastal Observatory is a platform that has been created by ESRI Ireland in partnership with DAERA,...