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Niamh Phelan

Biodiversity Engagement Officer


has responsibility for the promotion and oversight of the National Biodiversity Data Centre’s engagement and outreach programme, developing training resources for our recording community and serves as the Data Centre’s Operations Manager. She also manages the All-Ireland Marsh Fritillary Monitoring Scheme in which 16 volunteers survey across 49 key sites for Marsh Fritillary.

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We are recruiting for a Head of Digital Services

04/08/2023
The National Biodiversity Data Centre is looking to appoint a Head of Digital Services. This senior management role will have responsibility for the co-ordination of the National Biodiversity Data Centre’s overall digital technologies development to ensure that it aligns with the identified business needs of the company. The National Biodiversity Data Centre is currently undergoing read more
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Gardening for butterflies – helping butterflies with native plants

01/06/2023
We are delighted to release “Gardening for Butterflies” by the National Biodiversity Data Centre which is part of Ireland’s Butterfly Series. Unfortunately, findings from the Irish Butterfly Monitoring Scheme indicate a concerning decline even among once common butterfly species. What’s alarming is that it’s not just species with specialized requirements that are declining; even those read more
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Launch of Ireland’s farmland birds course

29/05/2023
The majority of land use in Ireland is designated to agriculture. Our biodiversity and the future of farmland and intrinsically linked; Our biodiversity has been shaped by agricultural activity and our long-term agricultural sustainability depends on biodiversity. Farmland can support our bird populations by taking evidence based actions. Birds can also support the future of read more
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