Duncannon Blue Flag Farming & Communities Scheme: Practice Abstract
A practice abstract describing the project duration, funding and lead partner details. It also details the projects aims, objectives and activities. This project began in March 2018 and finished in May 2021. The project rational is due to the elevated bacteria levels of bathing water quality at Duncannon beach together with its loss of its Blue Flag status of environmental excellence in 2007 have a major impact on the tourism potential of the area. It aims to contribute to the recovery and long-term retention of the Blue Flag status at Duncannon beach by improving the bacterial quality of the two coastal streams that flow onto the beach.
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Contribution detail info
- Location
- Ireland
- Authors
- Eoin Kinsella
- Purpose
- Communication
- Dissemination
- File type
- Document
- File size
- 659 kB
- Created on
- 31-03-2018
- Origin language
- English
- Official project website
- NUTRI-KNOW
- License
- CC BY
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