cover image: Drivers and pressures affecting terrestrial

Drivers and pressures affecting terrestrial

14 Oct 2024

For example, the various aspects of climate change interact and exacerbate the impacts of other pressures.20 The Office for Environmental Protection 11 OFFICIAL OFFICIAL • Land use change: the intensive management of agricultural land including through the damage, loss, and conversion of seminatural habitats, is the foremost driver of biodiversity decline in the UK since 1970.20 These changes have. [...] The consequence of the historic and ongoing impact of these multiple pressures is demonstrated by the toxic blue-green algal bloom and loss of the Lough Negah fly in 2023.77 The Office for Environmental Protection 30 OFFICIAL OFFICIAL 5. [...] This included legislation derived from the EU including the Birds and Habitats Directives.62,80 Similarly, the establishment of the island of Ireland as an ‘ecoregion’ for the purpose of the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC66),81 was evidenced as recognition of the drive for coordinated action. [...] Marine Protected Areas in Lough Foyle and Carlingford Lough were also identified as indicative of the negative driver of the lack of legislative precision in relation to regulation/licensing for certain activities due to the lack of clarity in relation to the border between NI and RoI. [...] The potential for divergence was, also exemplified through the Levelling Up & Regeneration Act,84 the Energy Bill,85 and the Retained EU Law Act.86 At the time of the CFE the lack of a Stormont Executive and Assembly created further uncertainty with responses citing the unknown implications of these statutes in NI.

Authors

Maguire, Cathy

Pages
41
Published in
United Kingdom

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