Farmers at centre of project to preserve Burren’s unique heritage

FARMING is set to play a key role in conserving the unique landscape, biodiversity and archaeology of the Burren in Co Clare for future generations.

BurrenLIFE Project, a partnership with the Irish Farmers Association, Teagasc and the National Parks and Wildlife Service, is due later this year to publish a blueprint for conservation farming in what is regarded as one of Europe’s most important heritage regions.

Project director Dr Brendan Dunford told an international conference in Ennistymon yesterday it is critical to identify and support sustainable farming systems for the Burren, “The blueprint being finalised will need to be adopted urgently and wholeheartedly by the relevant authorities if we are to secure the region’s rich heritage for generations to come,” “he said.