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Agricultural land use
... E N T 2 0 0 8 L A N D U S E 163 Figure 11 5 Agricultural Land Use Source cSO Database Direct Series AQA01 2008 2500 2000 1500 ha 1000s 1000 500 0 Pasture Grass Rough Barley Wheat Oats Potatoes ...Agricultural land use
Agricultural land use. Source: Ireland's Environment 2008.
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Land cover / land use in Ireland, 2000
... E N T 2 0 0 8 L A N D U S E 159 update covering County Louth Figure 11 2 Percentage Land cover changes in the greater Dublin and the Greater Dublin Area was Area between 2000 and 2006 Source Data ...Land cover / land use in Ireland, 2000
Land cover / land use in Ireland, 2000. Source: Ireland's Environment 2008.
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Trends in Municipal Waste Generation 2002-2006
... M P T I O N A N D w A S T E 147 This recovery rate is down slightly Figure 10 3 Trends in Municipal waste generation 2002 2006 compared to 2005 22 7 as landfill Increase over previous year indicated ...Trends in Municipal Waste Generation 2002-2006
Trends in municipal waste generation 2002-2006: increase over previous year indicated beside each bar. (Source: EPA, 2008a)
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Biodegradable Waste Diversion from Landfill
... M P T I O N A N D w A S T E 149 waste charges An international It should be noted that the EPA reduce hazardous waste arisings review of national waste policy licenses all landfill and most ...Biodegradable Waste Diversion from Landfill
Biodegradable waste diversion from landfill: progress against targets. Source: Ireland's Environment 2008.
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Annual mean NO2 concentrations 2001-2007
... Winetavern Street since 1998 and NO was measured at 13 stations Ozone also occurs naturally in 2 are now similar to those measured across Ireland in 2007 all stations the stratosphere and ...Annual mean NO2 concentrations 2001-2007
Annual mean NO2 concentrations 2001-2007. Source: Ireland's Environment 2008.
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Ireland's distance to Kyoto Limit
... D c L I M A T E c H A N g E 31 Figure 3 2 gHg Emissions 1990 2006 Source EPA 2008 Figure 3 4 gHg Emissions per capita of EU 27 Member 80 States for 1990 and 2005 Source EEA 2007 70 60 EU 27 ...Ireland's distance to Kyoto Limit
Ireland's distance to Kyoto Limit. Source: Ireland's Environment 2008.
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Recovery of packaging waste
150 I R E L A N D S E N V I R O N M E N T 2 0 0 8 involved in the manufacture goods at the end of their useful ELVs have been put in place to deal importation and sale of particular life Regulations ...Recovery of packaging waste
Recovery of packaging waste and progress towards targets 2001-2006. Source: Ireland's Environment 2008.
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Radiation sources
... the genetic material Figure 14 4 contribution from all these compounds will if present has been altered in a way that does Radiation Sources to the Annual concentrate in the fat content of not occur ...Radiation sources
Contribution from all radiation sources to the annual average radiation dose to the average person living in Ireland. Source: Ireland's Environment 2008.
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Weight and value of fish and shellfish landed by Irish vessels
124 I R E L A N D S E N V I R O N M E N T 2 0 0 8 observed category of litter on Marine Aggregate Extraction INTERREG IIIA funded project Irish Ireland s shoreline This is attributed Since the early ...Weight and value of fish and shellfish landed by Irish vessels
Weight (top) and value (bottom) of fish and shellfish landed by Irish vessels 1990-2004. Source: Ireland's Environment 2008.
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Progress towards national emissions ceilings
... approach designed to 180 160 achieve quantified environmental 140 objectives in the abatement of 120 acidification eutrophication and kt 100 ground level ozone A range of 80 supporting EU ...Progress towards national emissions ceilings
Progress towards national emissions ceilings. Source: Ireland's Environment 2008.
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