Emmi Virkki

Emmi has more than six years’ practice working as an ecological consultant in Ireland with experience in Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and mitigation design for development projects including national road schemes and smaller scale commercial and residential developments. She carries out multidisciplinary surveys as well as specialising in bird surveys and habitat and botanical identification, in addition to protected species surveys for mammals, amphibians and reptiles. She is competent in the compilation of Ecological and Environmental reports, including Ecological Impact Assessment (EcIA), to inform planning proposals, and as part of Environmental Impact Assessment reports (EIAR), and reports to inform the Appropriate Assessment process (Screening and Natura Impact Statements (NIS) having worked on a wide variety of development projects within the Irish planning process.

Membership

• Full member of the Chartered Institute of Ecological & Environmental Management (CIEEM)
• Member of the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI)
• Member of BirdWatch Ireland (BWI)
• Member of Irish Bryophyte Group

Education

MSc Environmental Science University College Dublin 2016

BSc (Hons) Environmental Biology University College Dublin 2015