AIE – Metadata for the Hen Harrier datasets held electronically/digitally by the NPWS

AIE 114 2024

  • Metadata for the Hen Harrier datasets held electronically/digitally by the NPWS (i.e Birds Unit and Scientific and Spatial Data Unit, and metadata being a set of data that describes and gives information about other data)
  • Date of acquisition/receipt of the above datasets by NPWS from third parties, if received from third parties
  • Date that NPWS provided such datasets to the Forest Service, if they were provided to the Forest Service

AIE Request: Unredacted copy of AA documentation for CN89277 (Hen Harrier information)

Cases: OCE-145857-Y1Y0R1 and OCE-147943-Q3C1L7

Appropriate Assessment (AA) is an assessment of the potential adverse effects of a plan or project (in combination with other plans or projects) on Special Areas of Conservation and SPAs.

DAFM refusing access to the information stating that the information is redacted “for the safety of the Hen Harrier population” and “[i]n essence an individual may decide to eradicate the Hen Harriers in the area to lessen the conditions on their licence”

A joint NGO response to NPWS (2021) – Conservation Objectives Supporting Document: Breeding Hen Harrier, Circulation Draft

This is a joint response to the ‘NPWS (2021). Conservation Objectives Supporting Document: Breeding Hen Harrier. Circulation Draft’ on behalf of the environmental NGO representatives on the Hen Harrier Threat Response Plan Consultative Committee; namely An Taisce, BirdWatch Ireland, the Environmental Pillar and the Irish Raptor Study Group.