Day: 30 June 2010

New forestry act for Northern Ireland

An act covering commercial forestry and the protection of Northern Ireland's wooded areas has come into force in the province.

Northern Ireland to prepare water management plans

The legal foundations have been laid for the publication of water resources management plans in Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland lays out biomass funding rules

Rules governing a commercial competition to fund biomass projects in Northern Ireland have been published this week.

Scotland cuts back governing bodies of national parks

The Scottish government has enacted laws to reduce the size of the governing boards of two of its national parks, arguing that large boards were useful when the parks were established as it allowed the new entitites to draw on wider expertise, but that they are now unecessarily big for the day-to-day running of established parks.

Caingorms national park extends boundaries

The Scottish Executive has passed plans to extend the boundaries of the Caingorms national park to cover parts of Perth and Kinross.

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