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A total of £2.6million from the revenue raised by the carrier bag levy has been secured for environmental projects in Northern Ireland.
The funding will be used to help sustain and improve NI's natural environment.
A total of 36 projects across 33 organisations have received grants of between £6,290 and £252,500 from the Environment Fund.
Among the initiatives funded are projects to recruit and train volunteers for large scale bird monitoring surveys; carry out habitat and species conservation activities; maintain and promote long-distance walking routes; and encourage recycling.
The Environment Fund is one of the mechanisms through which the proceeds of the carrier bag levy have been used to enable not-for-profit organisations and councils to deliver key environmental priorities across Northern Ireland.
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