DATA SOURCES AND PROVIDERS

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PROJECTS

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• Environmental Sensitivity Tool (planning)

• NPWS MAES project (300 datasets in 2015)

• Heritage Council data (Local Authorities)

  • Habitat maps

  • Hedgerows, etc.

• EU KerryLife project

• European Innovation Partnership projects:

  • Pearl Mussel Project

  • Bride Project

• OSI/EPA landcover data

• Teagasc (catchments and other projects)

• Socio-Economic Marine Research Unit 

• Derived Irish Peat Map

• Academic research / Ecosystem services research projects

• Future work…

AGENCIES

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• Central Statistics Office

• EPA catchments

• Geological Survey of Ireland

• International Fund for Ireland

• Irish Water

• LAWPRO

• OPW

• Ordnance Survey Ireland

• Local authorities

• Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine:

  • LPIS / GLAS

  • Forest Service

• Marine Institute

• National Bidoversity Data Centre

• National Parks and Wildlife Service

  • ​Natura 2000 + others

• Semi-state bodies:

  • Coillte

  • Bord Na Móna

  • Bórd Iascaigh Mhara

  • Teagasc

The following organisations and projects give a sense of the volume of data that already exists to support natural capital accounting in Ireland.

 

The role of the INCASE project will be to synthesise these datasets so that they can facilitate better decision-making for nature and people.