{"id":163,"date":"2025-01-09T10:47:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T10:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/biodiversity\/local-biodiversity-action-fund\/"},"modified":"2025-01-09T10:47:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T10:47:36","slug":"local-biodiversity-action-fund","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/biodiversity\/local-biodiversity-action-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Biodiversity Action Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"163\" class=\"elementor elementor-163\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fdfc88 e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-repeater-item-default_padding elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8fdfc88\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ang_container_spacing_size&quot;:&quot;default_padding&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b4b915 elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b4b915\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>First launched in 2018, the\u00a0Local Biodiversity Action Fund<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>offers funding to assist local authorities in the implementation of actions in the National Biodiversity Action Plan.<\/p><p>Local authorities play a vital role in addressing the biodiversity emergency. This funding stream enables them to develop projects that address biodiversity loss in their localities by helping to create new habitats, restoring existing ones and by tackling invasive alien species. 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