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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,...

Free trees for biodiversity – Communities invited to spruce up the landscape, with the gift of free trees. Schools, youth groups, community groups and landowners are invited to tackle Northern...

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMDDC) has successfully secured funding for over £1.1 million (total budget £2.3million) from the Northern Ireland Environment Agency’s (NIEA) Environment Fund. This funding package...

On behalf of both Ards and North Down Borough Council (ANDBC) and Newry Mourne and Down District Council (NMDDC), and in pursuance of their duties as Local Lighthouse Authority, NMDDC...