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Evaluation of the Burren Programme EVALUATION OF THE BURREN PROGRAMME Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine 18th November 2020 Evaluation of the Burren Programme Quality information Prepared by Checked by Verified by Approved by Ciarán Maguire Brendan Shiels and Catherine Murray Derval Cummins Shauna Spillane Brendan Kearney, Catherine Murray Fitzpatrick Associates Revision History Revision Revision date Details Authorised Name Position V.2 29/10/2020 Derval Cummins Catherine Murray Associate Director Final 18/11/2020 Derval Cummins Catherine Murray Associate Director Distribution List # Hard Copies PDF Required Association / Company Name Prepared for: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine AECOM Evaluation of the Burren Programme Prepared for: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Prepared by: Catherine Murray AECOM Ireland Limited 4th Floor Adelphi Plaza Georges Street Upper Dun Laoghaire Co. 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Prepared for: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine AECOM Evaluation of the Burren Programme Table of Contents Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................ 9 Environmental Assessment ........................................................................................................ 10 Economic Assessment ................................................................................................................ 11 Social Assessment ...................................................................................................................... 12 Glossary of Acronyms ........................................................................................................................... 14 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 15 2. Evaluation Approach and Methodology ...................................................................................... 17 2.1 Methodology ..................................................................................................................... 17 2.1.1 Integrated Capitals ........................................................................................................... 17 2.1.2 Documentation review ...................................................................................................... 19 2.1.3 Farm Survey ..................................................................................................................... 19 2.1.4 Interviews .......................................................................................................................... 20 2.2 Assessment of significant effects ..................................................................................... 20 3. Background of the Burren Programme ....................................................................................... 22 3.1 Historical Context.............................................................................................................. 22 3.1.1 Farming in the Burren ....................................................................................................... 22 th 3.1.2 Changing agricultural practices in 20 Century ................................................................ 23 3.1.3 Early years ........................................................................................................................ 24 3.1.4 BurrenLIFE (2005-2010) and Burren Farming for Conservation (2010-2015) ................. 25 3.2 Structure ........................................................................................................................... 26 3.2.1 Joining the Programme .................................................................................................... 26 3.2.2 Intervention 1 (I-1) ............................................................................................................ 27 3.2.3 Intervention 2 (I-2) ............................................................................................................ 28 3.2.4 Other actions .................................................................................................................... 30 3.2.5 Interface with other agri-environment schemes ............................................................... 30 4. Social Assessment ...................................................................................................................... 31 4.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 31 4.2 Social Capital and Network Formation ............................................................................. 31 4.2.1 Agricultural Networks ........................................................................................................ 33 4.2.2 Environmental Networks ................................................................................................... 38 4.2.3 Cultural heritage and networks ......................................................................................... 40 4.3 Leadership ........................................................................................................................ 43 4.4 Education .......................................................................................................................... 44 4.4.1 Educational events and networks ..................................................................................... 45 4.4.2 Landscape learning and the role of farmers ..................................................................... 46 4.5 Knowledge and Innovation ............................................................................................... 47 4.5.1 Knowledge from the Scientific Process ............................................................................ 48 4.5.2 Indigenous Knowledge Systems ...................................................................................... 48 4.5.3 Innovation ......................................................................................................................... 50 4.6 Summary of social effects ................................................................................................ 51 5. Economic Assessment ................................................................................................................ 53 5.1 Programme Expenditure ................................................................................................... 54 5.1.1 Income .............................................................................................................................. 55 5.1.2 Farm improvements .......................................................................................................... 57 5.1.3 Local economy and employment ...................................................................................... 60 5.2 Agri-Tourism ...................................................................................................................... 63 5.3 Summary of economic effects .......................................................................................... 64 6. Environmental Assessment ........................................................................................................ 66 Prepared for: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine AECOM Evaluation of the Burren Programme 6.1 Habitat Quality and Biodiversity ........................................................................................ 66 6.1.1 Habitats in the Burren Programme ................................................................................... 66 6.1.2 Impact of the Burren Programme ..................................................................................... 68 6.2 Water ................................................................................................................................ 73 6.3 Scrub Clearance ............................................................................................................... 76 6.4 Built Heritage .................................................................................................................... 79 6.4.1 Walls ................................................................................................................................. 79 6.4.2 Burren Gates .................................................................................................................... 79 6.4.3 Archaeology and Monuments ........................................................................................... 80 6.5 Summary of environmental effects ................................................................................... 81 7. Conclusions ...............................................................................................................................
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