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Killarney National Park:

Protected Status

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  • Killarney National Park protected Status

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  • Original legal framework is Bourn Vincent Memorial Park Act 1932

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  • KNP forms the core area of the Kerry Biosphere Reserve.  A United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation designation

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  • KNP is  part of an EU designated Special Area of Conservation (SAC) which has 75,000ha of the McGillycuddy Reeks SAC site

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  • KNP is an EU designated Special Protected Area (SPA)

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  • Derrycunnihy Oak Wood (136ha of woodland) is a statutory Nature Reserve

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