AQW 18054/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail on the outcome of the 2016 Areas of Special Scientific Interest condition target.
Asked by John Blair MLA on 27 April 2021
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 27 April 2021
- Answer due by
- 13 May 2021
- Answered
- 19 May 202122 days after tabling
- Priority question
- No
Answer
‘Valuing Nature: A Biodiversity Strategy for Northern Ireland to 2020’ was published by the then Department of the Environment in 2015. This did not include an ASSI condition target.
The strategy did contain a commitment to undertake Protected Site Monitoring as an ongoing action. NIEA continues to carry out an annual programme of monitoring of features within Areas of Special Scientific Interest (ASSIs). We report ASSI condition annually through the Northern Ireland Environmental Statistics Report.