BTCV : CVNI : Tree Campaign

I'm sure the first thing you'll notice about the September newsletter is that it is no longer September! And there's a good reason for sending it late. We've been busy working on a new set of web pages for a major new biodiversity project.

To find out more about this project, supported by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency, just visit www.cvni.org/biodiversity where all will be revealed.

More information about how we are involving people to help our local biodiversity (wildlife, natural world, flora and fauna - whatever we call it!) will be coming in the next weeks.

Tree planting at Norton's Cross
Early in September this year, fourteen members of the Laird Norton family visited a spot in Northern Ireland that their relatives left more than 150 years ago to start a new life in Pennsylvania in America.
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Portglenone Enterprise Group receive B&Q Award
The Portglenone Enterprise Group have fended off 1,000 other entrants to scoop the B&Q One Planet Living Award. This award will help the GLOW project – Portglenone Green Gym – in purchasing a storage shed and various tools to be used to clear the local pond, plant flower beds, provide seating areas and install habitat boxes for local wildlife.
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Lantra to address the needs of the environmental sector
Conservation organisations are often at the forefront of offering real work experience to graduates from a range of environmental disciplines, and often includes those entering the workforce for the first time.
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World on the Move
Join the BBC as they explore some of the most awe inspiring events on Planet Earth - great animal migrations. Catch up with the latest reports from their worldwide legion of correspondents, scientists and amateur naturalists - some are closer to home than you might imagine.
BBC "World on the Move" website

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