Southwest Ulster and North Connacht, Ireland

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SW Ulster and North Connacht, Ireland

Lying in the northwest corner of Ireland and straddling two provinces, Ulster and Connacht, this agricultural area high in semi-natural vegetation has been farmed since Neolithic times.

Location: Dunragh Loughs / Pettigo Plateau

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Saargau, Germany

Large site encompassing all typical habitats of this "Muschelkalk" region.

Orchid-rich dry grasslands, lowland hay meadows, orchards, rocky slopes with scree and different forest communities.

Location: Wolferskopf

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Csik Mountains, Romania

The name of the site is derived from a mountain basin of the Eastern Carpathians, called Csik Basin.

The basin got its name from the Weatherfish (Misgurnus fossilis) that was once very abundant in the floodplain marshes.

Location: Muntii Ciucului

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Bessaparski Hills, Bulgaria

A chain of karst hills situated in the northern fringes of Western Rodopi Mountains.

Surrounded by extensive and semi-intensive arable land and forested mountains.

Location: Bessaparski Hills

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Aran Islands, Ireland

The three islands of Aran are a fragmented reef of the Burren region of northwest County Clare in Ireland.

The type of agricultural practised has created a High Nature Value system ...

Location: Inishmore, Inishmaan & Inisheer Island

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The concept of High Nature Value farming developed from a growing recognition that the conservation of biodiversity in Europe depends on the continuation of low-intensity farming systems.

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