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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Fire-fighting and Fire-prevention techniques demonstrated on Cuilcagh

15th Oct, 2021

Wildfire awareness event for key site users and landowners to increase awareness of how wildfires can be prevented held on Cuilcagh

Finance Minister explores value of peatland on Cuilcagh visit

13th Oct, 2021

Finance Minister Connor Murphy today paid a visit to the peatland restoration project on Cuilcagh Mountain in Fermanagh

Loughshore people get a taste for boggy delights

11th Oct, 2021

Peatlands Park hosted a culinary and foraging walk where participants pressed their own apple juice and made pine needle tea

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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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