Peter McEvoy

Peter McEvoy

Director of Land Management at Ulster Wildlife

Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Queen's University Belfast

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Research
Strategy
Policy and Legislation
Food and farming
Ecological surveying techniques
Statitical analysis
Report preparation
Project management
Stakeholder liaison

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Experience

  • Ulster Wildlife Graphic

    Director of Land Management

    Ulster Wildlife

    - Present 3 years 4 months

    Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

  • Aesculus Consulting Ltd Graphic

    Owner/ Director

    Aesculus Consulting Ltd

    - Present 4 years 3 months

    Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

  • Share Discovery Village Graphic

    Chief Executive Officer

    Share Discovery Village

    - 2 years 1 month

    Fermanagh

  • Butterfly Conservation Graphic

    CABB Project Officer

    Butterfly Conservation

    - 6 months

    Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

  • Director of Agriculture

    Isle of Man Government

    - 5 years 8 months

    St Johns, Isle of Man

    Agricultural policy and legislation
    Supporting Manx farming industry
    Ensuring a sustainable future for farming
    Helping farmers and the public identify public good and ecosystem services that farming delivers
    Improving support for marketing of the quality products produced by Manx farmers.

  • Director

    Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture

    - 5 years 8 months

    Isle of Man

  • Isle of Man Meats Graphic

    Director

    Isle of Man Meats

    - 1 year 1 month

    Douglas, Isle of Man

  • Director

    Laxey Glen Mills Limited

    - 3 years 1 month

    Laxey

    Sales and marketing
    Strategy

  • Senior Biodiversity Officer

    Isle of Man Government Department of Environment, Food & Agriculture

    - 5 years

    Responsible for managing the
    Agri-Environment Scheme, assessing and monitoring sites for statutory designations, implementing and revising
    wildlife legislation, advising on cross-compliance and providing ecological advice to Government Departments.
    Developing a strategy for the managment of the Manx uplands.
    2002-2008 Self-employed ecological consultant. Involved producing competitive tenders to carry out habitat and
    species surveys for commercial developments. Conducting field…

    Responsible for managing the
    Agri-Environment Scheme, assessing and monitoring sites for statutory designations, implementing and revising
    wildlife legislation, advising on cross-compliance and providing ecological advice to Government Departments.
    Developing a strategy for the managment of the Manx uplands.
    2002-2008 Self-employed ecological consultant. Involved producing competitive tenders to carry out habitat and
    species surveys for commercial developments. Conducting field survey (flora and fauna), producing maps and
    reports and appearing as an expert witness.

  • Marine Spatial Planning Project Officer

    Isle of Man Government

    - 1 year 2 months

    Department of Infrastructure

    Twelve month secondment to take forward the Marine Spatial Planning Project in a project management role. Develop skills in drafting legislation and policy in a cross-Departmental role.

  • Secondment to Transforming Government Team

    Isle of Man Government

    - 6 months

    Chief Secretarys Office, Douglas, Isle of Man

    Researching efficiency opportunities across the Government vehicle fleet

  • Queen's University Belfast

    Queen's University Belfast

    4 years

    • Queen's University Belfast Graphic

      Research Fellow

      Queen's University Belfast

      - 2 years

      was involved in a wide-range of research
      projects on priority species including an all-Ireland juniper conservation project, heathland and wetland
      management plans, marsh fritillary habitat requirements and rare plant genetics. Other tasks included lecturing, student supervision and field teaching.

    • Queen's University Belfast Graphic

      Research Fellow

      Queen's University Belfast

      - 4 years

      Ecological research
      Contracts for Government
      Supervising MSC And BSc students
      Lecturing
      Writing scientific papers

    • Queen's University Belfast Graphic

      Research Fellow

      Queen's University Belfast

      - 2 years

      involved in survey design, planning and implementation of monitoring success of agri-
      environment measures.

  • owner

    Self-employed ecological consultant

    - 7 years

    Expert witness
    Field surveyor
    GIS
    Botanical survey
    Mammal survey

Education

  • Queen's University Belfast

    B.Sc; Hons Environmental Biology 1st class

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  • The Marketing Partnership

    Chartered Institute of Marketing Level 4 Marketing Distinction

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  • Queen's University

    Ph.D Woodland Ecology

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Volunteer Experience

  • Trustee

    Manx Wildlife Trust

    - 7 years

    Environment

Publications

  • A lack of large diameter logs and snags characterises dead wood patterns in Irish forests.

    Forest Ecology and Management 259 (10), 2056-2064.

    See publication

  • Efficacy of sod removal in regenerating fen vegetation for the conservation of the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia, Montiaghs Moss Nature Reserve, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

    Conservation Evidence 6, 31-38.

    See publication

  • The potential for Silvopastoralism to enhance biodiversity on grassland farms in Ireland.

    Advances in Agroforestry, 6:343-358

    Other authors
    • Jim McAdam

  • Range-edge effects promote clonal growth in peripheral populations of the one-sided wintergreen Orthilia secunda.

    Diversity and Distributions 14 (3), 546-555.

    See publication

  • Ruddock, M., Madders, M., McEvoy, P. & Montgomery, I. (2008). Ecological and breeding parameters of the hen harrier (Circus cyaneus) with particular reference to the Antrim Hills and Slieve Beagh‐Mullaghfad‐Lisnaskea SPAs.

    Quercus, Queen's University, Belfast

    (2008). An unpublished Quercus report to Environment & Heritage
    Service.

    Other authors
    • Ruddock, M., Madders, M., McEvoy, P. & Montgomery, I.,

  • Sheep grazing in young oak Quercus spp. and ash Fraxinus excelsior plantations: vegetation control, seasonality and tree damage.

    Agroforestry Systems 74 (2). 199-211.

  • The potential for silvopastoralism to enhance biodiversity on grassland farms in the British Isles.

    Advances in Agroforestry Rigueiro-Rodríguez, Antonio; McAdam, Jim H.; Mosquera-Losada, María Rosa (Eds.), Vol. 6.

  • Biodiversity and Monitoring Support in Northern Ireland.

    Tearmann Irish Journal of Agri-Environmental Research 4,15-22.

  • The effect of livestock grazing on ground flora in broadleaf woodlands in Northern Ireland.

    Forest Ecology and Management 225, pp 39-50.

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  • The ESA scheme in Northern Ireland: ten years of agri-environment monitoring.

    Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 106b (3), pp 413-423.

  • Tree regeneration and sapling damage of pedunculate oak Quercus robur in a grazed forest in Galicia, NW Spain: A comparison of continuous and rotational grazing systems.

    Agroforestry Systems 66 (2), pp 85-98.

  • Woodland grazing in Northern Ireland: effects on botanical diversity and tree regeneration.

    Silvopastoralism and Sustainable Land Management pp 163-164. CABI Publishing, Oxfordshire.

  • The Dehesas: A study of a Mediterranean silvopastoral system. Implications for temperate silvopastoral systems in Northern Ireland.

    Irish Forestry, Vol 59, pp 18-29.

  • Brander, L.M. and McEvoy, P.M. (2012). The economic value of ecosystem services from the terrestrial habitats of the Isle of Man. Report for the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture, Isle of Man Government.

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  • Coppice management and biodiversity enhancement

    Tearmann Irish Journal of Agri-Environmental Research 2, 39-52.

Languages

  • Spanish

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