This conference had five main objectives:

•   To capture learnings from those already undertaking footpath management;

•   To raise awareness of the challenges facing the mountain environment;

•   To critically assess what we are doing and emphasise the need for skills and ongoing investment;

•   To demonstrate the spectrum of interventions for managing upland path erosion;

•   To establish a set of principles to underpin upland pathwork in Ireland.

The conference programme included: •   High-profile speakers from Britain and Ireland •   Expertise in the management of upland footpath erosion •   Opportunities for all participants to contribute to discussions •   Site visits to look at erosion and path work that has been carried out •   Conference dinner with Dermot Somers as after-dinner speaker
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