This article is from page 31 of the 2005-11-15 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 31 JPG
A MEETING of Burren farmers wishing to know more about the BurrenLife Project will take place in Cassidy’s Pub in Carron this Monday night at 8.30pm. The meeting is designed to allow Bur- ren farmers to learn more about the project and there will be a detailed presentation as-well-as a questions and answers session on the night. There will also be a second presentation and
discussion about the regulations concerning the maintenance and upkeep of the extensive stone walls in the Burren area.
Burren Life was launched by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Govern- ment Dick Roche last July. The project aims to take a new partnership approach between con- servationists and the farmers of the Burren and insure that the landscape of the area remains in- tact but that farming 1s also sustainable.
The project is being headed up by Dr Brendan Dunford who was last week appointed to the Irish Heritage Council. Dr Dunford has lived in the Burren for almost 10 years now and wrote his university doctorate on the impact that different farming techniques were having on the area.
He jointly set up the Burrenbeo conservationist organisation and education website a number of years ago before deciding to head up the Burren- Life project earlier this year.