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A former participant in Newry, Mourne and Down District Council’s Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and Geopark Youth Leader Programme is examining how Climate Change may be impacting on...

Two of Northern Ireland’s most important landscapes, Mourne Gullion and Strangford and Lecale, have secured more than £1.9million in development funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to revive and...

From Neolithic landscapes and pioneering industrial sites to vibrant creative cities and extraordinary natural environments, visitors can discover 62 UNESCO-designated places across the UK this summer with an updated illustrated...

The stunning Mourne Gullion Strangford Global Geopark features in a new video raising awareness and understanding of UNESCO’s presence and impact across Northern Ireland. The “Our Special Places” video, premiered...

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council and the Mourne Gullion Strangford UNESCO Global Geopark is at the centre of an innovative new all-island partnership connecting UNESCO-designated sites across Ireland for...

An innovative environmental initiative designed to encourage marine life to set up home in artificial rock pools is making waves in Strangford Lough. Ten so-called Vertipools have been attached to...

Aiming to strengthen climate change resilience and coastal community engagement in Irish seas, three independent projects supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB), were...

The traditions, knowledge, skills and customs that shape our communities are known as Living Heritage, or Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH). These are the cultural practices passed from generation to generation...

Members of the Mourne Gullion Strangford Geopark Sustainable Tourism Network travelled to the Burren and Cliffs of Moher UNESCO Global Geopark on 2–3 March 2026 as part of a learning...

A major €19.2 million cross-border project to restore peatlands, enhance biodiversity and combat climate change has been officially launched on World Wetlands Day (2nd February) at Lough Neagh Discovery Centre.  ...