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AN INVESTIGATION HAS been launched following a “significant” fire which broke out in a special area of conservation in Cork on Sunday.
The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) confirmed that it is investigating the fire, which started at Barley Cove on the Mizen Head Peninsula on Sunday evening.
NPWS said that they “responded quickly” to assess the damage following reports of the blaze. with an estimated 150 hectares (1.5 sq. km) of land within the Special Area of Conservation impacted.
It is suspected that the fire was started deliberately.
Minister for Nature, Heritage and Biodiversity Christopher O’Sullivan appealed to the public to come forward with any information in relation to the fire.
“Illegal and uncontrolled fires cause irreparable damage to wildlife, habitats and the environment, puts our communities at risk and also causes unnecessary pressure on our emergency services,” O’Sullivan said.
O’Sullivan added that the fire impacted a small region of the Special Area of Conservation that supports protected wildlife and threatened species.
Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) are prime conservation areas for nature and wildlife conservation in Ireland, selected and designated under the EU Habitats Directive.
The NPWS said it is conducting extensive surveying and mapping of damage to the area using aerial and ground surveillance.
The service added that it is also gathering evidence from the damage, and conducting door-to-door enquiries as part of an investigation for a possible prosecution.
Niall Ó Donnchú, Director General of NPWS said in a statement that incidents such as the major fire on Sunday “pose a serious threat to our biodiversity”
Ó Donnchú added that the NPW “are working closely with the Gardaí on this investigation”.
“We appeal to landowners to be aware of their responsibilities in relation to Special Areas of Conservation and Special Protection Areas where consent to undertake burning at any time is often a requirement”.
Anyone with information on the fire are urged to contact the NPWS.
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Communism doesn’t work !
I saw on the TV that china are sending their workers to work in the mines in Zambia and in the forrests in Brazil that they own. This is a result of their work ethic of 7 days weeks with 10 to 12 hour days. As the work dries up in china I expect them to export more workers to Europe and wherever else they own. Our government have just agreed to grant more visas and set up a hub for the Chinese entry point to the EU. We ate selling our soul to the slave masters.
“as the work dries up in china”??? uneducated claptrap, only germany exports more than china and that will soon reverse, they are buying as much of africa,asia and south america as they can for 3 reasons, food production to feed their massive population, mineral aquisition to supply their massive industrial production demand and energy production as a commodity to sell to europe and north america, one such plan is the covering of deserts with solar panels, my brother works for a chinese shipping company, they build cities to produce specific items like solar panels or oil pumps, within the next 3 years they will over take the usa as the worlds leading economy, their major advantages is their work ethic and flexibility, as the work dries up in china indeed, also they are building casinos all over the world, in the last 5 years the chinese have built more casinos in asia than all casinos previously built in the rest of the world combined
Their work ethic is impressive, however life is absolutely worthless there. If China becomes the leading world power, which it will, in next 5 years, it will represent a massive threat to democracy and freedom and could lead to rights we have taken for granted being rolled back.
It’s the land of the indentured slave.
When the Chinese are the next super power we will wish we had the americans back. Their work ethic is a slavery work ethic – and its not communism its capitalism with Asian values. I saw the zambian workers, they said the Chinese are the worst to work for.
Ah no it only grew by 8%, how will they manage ! They should come back here for some lessons from Bertie.
Er, basically this is another sign that international capitalism is in meltdown and only communism can save the oppressed masses…er……
I take it dave from your comment you have never been to a communist country
I’m pretty sure Dave was taking the piss guys.
see what happens when you sell your kidneys for an Ipad!!!
I was watching an analyst on BBC earlier who stated that at this stage anything below 7% growth on China would basically be viewed as a recession by the markets… nice for some!
The analyst on c4 also suggested that at the worst case scenario if economic growth serioiusly stalls in China the party may choose the option of uniting the people against the threat of an outside enemy to stop the huge population turning on itself.
broken china in the 1 percents display cabinet , they wont be happy
8.1%????…..Christ we’d take a quarter of that!
so 8.1 % means the total size of the Chinese economy doubles every 9 years. Physically impossible. there isnt enough resources or markets in the world. Oil peaked in 2006 and Chinese export economy is impossible without oil at a reasonable price.
@revolting peasant ‘mineral acquisition’ is a very tame way to describe resource plunder and environmental destruction.
That’s what a visit from Enda can do.
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