Emmi Virkki

Emmi is a Principal Ecologist at APEM Group Woodrow. She has a BSc (Hons) in Environmental Biology and MSc in Environmental Science from University College Dublin, and she is a full member of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM). She has over seven years of experience in consultancy in Ireland and her survey experience comprises of multidisciplinary surveys specialising in habitat (using Fossitt habitat classification, Irish Vegetation Classification (IVC), National Vegetation Classification (NVC), Annex I habitat classification and National Survey of Upland Habitats (NSUH) habitat categories), botanical (rare, protected and/or non-native invasive species) and ornithological surveys, in addition to protected species surveys for mammals (including bats), amphibians and reptiles, on small- to medium scale projects and national habitat surveys. She is competent in the compilation of Ecological Impact Assessment (EcIA) reports and Biodiversity chapters of Environmental Impact Assessment reports (EIAR), and reports to inform the Appropriate Assessment process (Appropriate Assessment Screening and Natura Impact Statements). She is a member of the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) and Irish Bryophyte Group.