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Vote for Ireland’s BurrenLIFE project

Date Released: Thursday, May 4, 2017

Ireland’s BurrenLIFE project has been shortlisted as one of the top 5 Nature Conservation Projects in Europe over the past 25 years as part of a competition celebrating the impact of the EU LIFE funding programme.  Over 4,300 LIFE projects across Europe have been supported through the LIFE fund since 1992 at a cost of over €3.4b. The BurrenLIFE is the only Irish project to make the shortlist. Judges cited the BurrenLIFE project for its ‘phenomenal impact on a unique landscape…this Irish project pioneered a novel approach to farming and conservation’.

There is a Facebook vote to select the top 2 projects and people are being asked to support BurrenLIFE project by ‘liking’ it on the link:  http://wshe.es/hnyso1Ne Voting concludes on May 10th and the overall winners will be revealed in an Awards Ceremony to be held during the 2017 EU Green Week in Brussels, on May 30th

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