This presentation and discussion will highlight the need to balance farming and recreation in the High Nature Value lands in the MacGillycuddy Reeks.

Topics will include:

• Designated land,
• Permissive Access,
• Landowner issues,
• Balancing recreation & farming,
• Raising awareness,
• Solutions and cooperation.

Trisha Deane works with the Local Development Company South Kerry Development Partnership, and is the Project Manager of a locally led EIP agri-environmental project, in the MacGillycuddy Reeks. The MacGillycuddy Reeks Project is an EIP (European Innovation Partnership) Locally Led Scheme. The Project is funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine as part of Ireland’s Rural Development Programme 2014-2020.