Heritage and Biodiversity Plan
Cork City Council is delighted to launch a short film celebrating heritage and biodiversity in Cork city.
This film gives an insight into the actions and objectives of the Cork City Heritage and Biodiversity Plan. The aim of Heritage and Biodiversity Plan is To protect, enhance, promote and restore the heritage and biodiversity of Cork City and to place the care of our heritage at the heart of the community. This five-year action plan and includes projects on Archaeology, Built Heritage Cultural and Natural Heritage
The film showcases some of the projects supported through the Heritage and Biodiversity Plan and the role it plays in supporting research, training, promoting best practice and heritage events as well as contributing to Cork City’s economy, tourism sector, recreation facilities and the health and wellbeing of our communities.
It also highlights the incredible work that local heritage groups do to promote and safeguard their local heritage on a daily basis and how passionate they are about their local heritage.
There is a fantastic diversity of heritage and biodiversity in Cork city and this film explores and celebrates what heritage means to the people of Cork.
This project is funded by Cork City Council with support from the Heritage Council
This five-year action plan and includes projects on Archaeology, Built Heritage Cultural and Natural Heritage and sets out a series of realistic and practical actions to protect, conserve, restore and manage our Heritage.
The aim of Heritage and Biodiversity Plan is
To protect, enhance, promote and restore the heritage and biodiversity of Cork City and to place the care of our heritage at the heart of the community.
The Plan sets out four themes on Heritage and Biodiversity which are;
- Promote best practice and encourage heritage and biodiversity conservation and management.
- To be at the forefront of research and education, and support training in heritage and biodiversity related fields.
- To raise awareness, appreciation, engagement with and enjoyment of heritage and biodiversity and communicate heritage message to a citizens and visitors alike.
- To increase the level of social, economic and tourism activity for heritage and biodiversity in the city.
The Cork City Heritage and Biodiversity Plan contains 73 actions which will greatly add to our understanding of heritage and biodiversity in the city as well as helping to enhance and restore this precious resource. It will also contribute to Cork City’s economy, tourism sector, recreation facilities and the health and wellbeing of our communities.
