Community Partners

 Working with the community to achieve our goals

Community partners are the key to setting and achieving our regional goals.  Find out more about who we’re working with to keep the Dingle Peninsula prosperous and sustainable.

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Maharees Conservation Association

Maharees Conservation Association CLG is an award-winning, community and volunteer-led registered charity which was set up to protect the Maharees tombolo on the Dingle Peninsula. It is now an exemplar in community-led climate adaptation, heritage sharing, regenerative tourism and successful community deployment of nature-based solutions. Due to its exposure to Atlantic storms and the low-lying nature of much of the land form, the Maharees is extremely vulnerable to the effects of climate change. With help from the local authority, Kerry County Council, state agencies, NGOs and academics, a series of community-driven efforts using nature-based solutions, supported by regenerative tourism, is making a difference. By raising awareness about the unique heritage of the Maharees, and taking steps to protect the sand dune habitat, the members of Maharees Conservation Association are building community resilience in the face of climate change.

Aerial shot of West Kerry farm, part of the West Kerry Dairy Farmers

West Kerry Dairy Farmers Sustainable Energy Community (SEC)

WKDF SEC steering groupOver 100 farmers joined together to form the West Kerry Dairy Farmers SEC, which is committed to exploring how the agriculture sector on the Dingle Peninsula can reduce its carbon footprint.

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Corca Dhuibhne Community Forum

Corca Dhuibhne Community Forum works in the areas of environmental sustainability, climate change and community wellbeing by supporting the work of existing groups and initiating action.

Ephost: cdcommunityforum@gmail.com

Cathaoirleach: Peadar O Fionnain, Leas Chathaoirleach Majella O’Sullivan

Sea mist rolls in over Dunquin

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