Report Cover Vol I - Clare County Library

The County Clare Wetlands Survey Patrick Crushell & Peter Foss 2008
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Table 7.4: The number of discrete wetland sites (and sites and sub-sites) recorded in the CWS
Site database with their conservation designation and protection.
Conservation Designation
Protected Status
Number of
discrete sites
in the CWS
database with
this
conservation
designation
Number of
sites and subsites
in CWS
database with
this
conservation
designation
Total area of
designated
sites (ha)
(inclusive of
non-wetland
habitats)
from CWS GIS
NP - National Park Protected 1 8 1,380
NHA - Natural Heritage Area Protected 13 * 15 3,046
pNHA - proposed Natural
Heritage Area Partially Protected 39 na 46,500
cNHA – candidate Natural
Heritage Area Not Protected 88 na Unknown
SAC - Special Area of
Conservation Protected 30 * 99 85,300
cSAC - candidate Special Area of
Conservation Protected 0 na 0
SPA - Special Protection Area Protected 8 * 23 54,300
NNR - National Nature Reserve Protected 3 6 536
ASI - Area of Scientific Interest Not protected 41 na Unknown
Other (e.g. Wildfowl Sanctuary;
Refuge for Flora and Fauna;
Wildfowl Sanctuary) Limited Protected 5 na Unknown
Undesignated sites Not protected 85 na 3,765**
* Data on the current number of sites designated as NHA, SAC and SPA is confirmed by information on the NPWS
website dated 30 October 2008.
** Based mainly on provisional site boundaries drawn during CWS 2008.
Although these data indicate a positive outlook for the protection of wetlands within conserved areas in
the county, one of the key findings to emerge from the conservation evaluation in the CWS site database
is that 152 site records (of the 300 sites recorded or 50% of sites) have no protection although their
conservation value has been recognised and proposed by third parties who provided data to the current
project.
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