WILL DEFINING LOCAL IPAs INTERFERE WITH NATIONAL PLANT CONSERVATION STRATEGY?
Úna Fitzpatrick
Defining local IPAs is not intended to interfere with plant conservation strategy at national levels, which may be designed to protect nationally threatened species/vegetation types or exceptionally botanically rich sites. The purpose of defining local IPAs is to provide an extra level of information for use below the national level. It is recognised that in an ideal world the process should be hierarchical so that local IPAs fit under designated sites and those that may be defined as a result of national plant conservation strategies.
