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Jason Coulter (Community Foundation of Ireland) , Patricia Holbein and Stephanie Parkes (both Kenmare Tidy Towns) and Martha Farrell (Tralee Tidy Towns) at the conference in Athlone on Saturday.
TRALEE Tidy Towns and Tralee Rowing Club were among the Kerry-based groups represented at the Biodiversity in Action conference in Athlone on Saturday last.
The Biodiversity in Action Conference was hosted by Community Foundation Ireland and follows on from the first four years of funding of Local Community Development on Biodiversity, in partnership with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
In addition to Tralee Tidy Towns and Tralee Rowing Club, Kenmare Tidy Towns was also represented and all three groups are in the process of developing Community Biodiversity Action Plans (CBAP) funded by the Community Foundation for Ireland.
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The day included presentations from guest speakers and experts on a range of topics. A new website www.actionforbiodiversity.ie will act as a library of all the local Biodiversity Action Plans being produced across the country, as well as offering lots of resources on how to create a community biodiversity plan and the variety of biodiversity actions communities can take.
Tralee Tidy Towns has received funding for a CBAP for the Tralee-to-Fenit Greenway supported by Kerry County Council.
A survey of the biodiversity has already taken place and one of a series of community engagement opportunities has been held at Fenit, with the next one scheduled for The Rose Hotel, Tralee on Monday, October 9 from 7.30-8.30pm and all are invited to register their interest by sending an email to: tidytownstralee@gmail.com
Ger Scollard member of Tralee Tidy Towns steering committee and Chair of Irish Wildlife Trust (Kerry branch) said: “This is an opportunity for anyone in the Tralee area with an interest in taking action for Biodiversity along the Greenway to get involved and we urge all those who’d like to have an input in the planning and implementation of biodiversity actions along the Greenway to attend.”
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