A second area in Northern Ireland has been formally designated a UNESCO global geopark
The new geopark spans 400 million years of geological history
"One of the fundamental geopark principles is geological risk mitigation," said council chairperson Michael Savage. "This tourist hotspot was at serious risk of erosion due to the loss of its dunes until local volunteers and geopark staff got together with homegrown charity True Harvest Seeds to gather, grow and plant native dune grasses to capture the blowing sand.
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