Conserving Peatlands and Wetlands across Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland

Under Threat: Learn Why Our Wetland Habitats Need Protected

Additional Funding for Conservation at Cuilcagh

CANN is a cross-border environmental conservation project with a focus on improving the condition of protected habitats and supporting priority species found at 25 designated sites across Northern Ireland, the Border Region of Ireland and Western Scotland, helping to ensure the future of these internationally important environments and their distinctive wildlife.

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Great start on Colonsay

18th Sep, 2020

We welcome our new Conservation officer working with ACT in Argyll, Angharad Ward, as she visits Colonsay to see the Rhodi-removal.

Carpeting the carpet

11th Sep, 2020

Specialist jute matting has been laid on the bottom of Lough Arrow to conserve biodiversity and help local anglers reach the trout

Bog on the Bog

11th Sep, 2020

Just a week after clean up, an entire toilet was dumped at Curran Bog, The cleanup team nicknamed this “the bog in the bog"

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The CANN Project is supported by the European Union’s INTERREG VA Programme, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB). Match funding has been provided by the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government in Ireland, by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland, and by Scottish Natural Heritage in Scotland.

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