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The Environmental Gathering: State of our Environment Air Quality - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The Environmental Gathering: State of our Environment Air Quality - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The Environmental Gathering: State of our Environment Air Quality Air Quality 2017: levels of Nitrogen Dioxide breached in Dungiven 2017: Derry breached limit for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) 2016: Derry Brandywell
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Air Quality
- 2017: levels of Nitrogen Dioxide breached in
Dungiven
- 2017: Derry breached limit for Polycyclic
Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH)
- 2016: Derry Brandywell breached limit for
Benso(a)pyrene PAHs linked to heart disease and cancers of skin, lung, bladder, liver and stomach
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Land Quality
- 90% of protected
Habitats damaged by Ammonia
- Only 0.18% of land sites
under favourable management
- Only 4.48% of marine
sites under favourable management
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Mobuoy
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The Banks of the Foyle
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Water Quality
- In 2018, 69% of rivers and 76% of lakes
failed the Water Framework Directive water quality standards (p420
- 60% of marine waterbodies failed WFD
water quality standards in 2018 (p54
- 78% of Northern Ireland’s Shellfish water
protected areas failed WFD standards for E.coli in 2018 (p54)
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Strule
- 93% (25 out of 27) of
rivers failed Water Framework Directive standards in 2018.
- Phosphates (SRP)
increased in 9 rivers
- 48% (12 out of 25) rivers
had Multiple Element Failure in 2018
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Owenkillew
- 43% (6 out of 14) of rivers failed
WFD standards in 2018
- Phosphates in 8 rivers increased
in 2018
- 2 rivers had Multiple Element
Failure in 2018
- Diazinon, an organophosphate
insecticide used to control insects in crops and parasites in livestock, was detected in 2 rivers. Diazinon was banned in the US after it was linked to the mass killing of birds. It is highly toxic to aquatic
- rganisms and may harm other
wildlife.
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Pollution: River Faughan
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Climate Breakdown
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Extreme weather events
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Priorities
- Support a UN Aarhus Centre in Derry
- Support Climate Actions & Targets that address
the current failings in our Environment
- Strive for high standards in environmental
assessment of development plans and projects.
- Support a Public Awareness Campaign on the