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SITE MAP: Environment Section of Site. (Employment Topics are listed BELOW.)
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ABOUT us... LoughAllenBasin.com
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LoughAllenBasin.com is a private voluntary initiative aimed at creating employment and protecting a special Habitat and some special Plants and Animals. We welcome your support.
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LAB 1st Annual Report.
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A promotional leaflet highlighting all Lough Allen has to offer.
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Conservation Ideas:
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Ideas re. Conserving Lough Allen
EU Funding for Conservation (LIFE+)
FAQs of LIFE, our quick guide to LIFE+
DUCK RESERVE?
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Environment of Lough Allen:
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Photographic Studies of the Landscape.
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The Place in Summer
Photographing Lough Allen. Autumn, with the Boyle Camera Club
Harsh Winter at Lough Allen... (NEW!)
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FLORA: the plants of Lough Allen
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Irish Lady’s Tresses Spiranthes romanzoffiana One of Lough Allens amazing plants. (VERY RARE)
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Intro.
Conservation issues
World Distribution
Lough Allen occurrence (2008) (2009) (2010)
Photo Studies, 2008 / 2010
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Blue-eyed Grass. (RARE)
Mudwort. (VERY RARE)
Flower Meadow
Shore Plants
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FAUNA: some experiences with the Birds, Insects, Fish of Lough Allen
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Some Birds of Lough Alllen: Overview of some of our rare and significant breeders.
The Pollan: a relict fish population from the time of the Ice Age.
Some Insects (mainly Butterflies) can be seen in ‘Flower Meadow’ and ‘The Place’ incl. the rare Marsh Fritillary
for Marsh Fritillary conservation strategy refer to Lough Allen Farming & Wildlife project, Policy Document, Appendix C
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GEOGRAPHY and Geology of the Lough Allen Basin
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Islands of Lough Allen.
Carboniferous Bedrock and Fossils.
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PROJECTS: Collaborations with other local Groups...
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‘Photographing Lough Allen.’ (with Boyle Camera Club)
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Announcement.
Planning the Route.
The Winners and their Photographs.
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iWEBS Waterfowl count for Birdwatch Ireland
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Studies & Reports: In depth Studies and longer Reports on specific Natural History and Conservation issues.
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Farming and Wildlife project.
Birds of Lough Allen Report: 2010
Spring 2011. Energy and Wood Burning!
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Surveying Lough Allen (ongoing)
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A long-term project surveying the depth of Lough Allen and looking for suitable places for Pollan and the shrimp Mysis relicta. For information, please CONTACT us.
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TALAs: (Trips around Lough Allen. Short observations on a site or a species or a particular type of habitat.
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INDEX to TALA topics & EnviroFeatures
1. Mudwort.
2. Carboniferous coast.
3. Inishfail.
4. Greenshank.
5. Mergansers, Common Gulls in Spring.
6. Common Sandpiper.
7. Mergansers. UPDATED!
8. Flower Meadow.
9. Gulls, Terns, and Waders.
10. Shoreline Flowers.
11. Spiranthes 2010, Map and Portraits.
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 SITE MAP: EMPLOYMENT Section of Site. (Environment Topics are listed ABOVE.)
The initiation of LoughAllenBasin.com lay in the idea of seeking new, probably Foreign Direct Investment type employemnt for the communities of the Lough Allen Basin, always bearing in mind our desire to conserve this wonderful Natural Area. These were the times of the Celtic Tiger and it was felt that high quality employment keeping educated and energetic young people in the area would help the conservation of the Environment, Plants and Wildlife. A young population enjoying modest prosperity would bring wealth to the area that could then justify the commitment to such a project.
We still believe in this policy, employment before holiday homes, good quality medium size enterprises backing up small scale individual enterprises, strict environmental controls and water and sewage services of the highest order... such as can only be afforded with a vibrant economy in the area. Times have turned since we started. Ireland is in a down turn but this has had some conservation benefits and the welcome for new Indusrty attracted by our expected upturn will be all the greater! So, we stand by these ideas on Employment and hope that the time for their implementation may not be all that far ahead!
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POLICY DOCUMENT
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A Discussion of how we see the need for Employment around Lough Allen both for Social and Environmental reasons.
This Document has been written for some time and many events have taken place since then. However, we believe the basic tenet is still sound and, hopefully, economies around the world will improve and this will provide a new lift to our area.
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QUICK-GLANCE Summary
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A Step by Step introduction to the ideas and values outlined in more detail in the Police Document above.
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Regional Issues
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Employment appropriate to the area...
IRELAND as a Base?
Opportunities in this Area...
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‘High Tech Employment’ defined.
Reasons to Locate an Enterprise in Ireland.
Benefits to Basing High Tech Employment in the Lough Allen Basin.
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EU Issues
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LISBON Treaty
EU LIFE+ scheme for Employment.
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Ireland Votes YES!
Discussed in the Conservation Section.
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