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Mitigating wildlife collisions with wind turbines: A review of techniques, evidence, knowledge gaps and avenues for future research
Author: Kuzovnikova, Elena; et al.
Highlights Wind turbine collisions pose serious risks to bats and birds. Radar, cameras, and acoustic sensors aid in collision detection and mitigation. No single technology can address all risks. A combined strategy using multiple tools, deterrents, and mitigation protocols is most effective. Abstract As global wind energy production rapidly expands, so too have concerns about collision impacts for bird and bat species conservation, driving development of a diversity of anticollision technology. This review compares seven metrics across bat and bird . . .
More »Letter to UNESCO regarding the Gawara Baya Wind Farm approval
Author: Seebeck, Michael
RE: Gawara Baya Wind Farm Approval (EPBC 2021/9066) I wish to urgently alert you to multiple significant issues relating to endangered species and the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area which have not been adequately and truthfully considered in the assessment of this wind farm and not considered in the Approval Conditions and Statement of Reasons by the Delegate. Additionally, multiple approval conditions will inevitably be breached in construction and operation of this wind farm. The approval-holder seems actually . . .
More »Behavior of red-tailed hawks in a wind turbine development
Abstract: Birds flying within windfarms can be killed when they collide with wind turbines. Raptors, especially red-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis), are more susceptible to collisions than other birds, which may be attributable to their specific foraging and flight behavior. To more fully understand the problem, and to reduce raptor mortality, it is necessary to acquire more information on habitat use and flight behavior by raptors inhabiting windfarms. Between June 1999 and June 2000, we watched raptors for 346 hours in . . .
More »Behavioral accommodation of nesting hawks to wind turbines
Author: Watson, James; Keren, Ilai; and Davies, Robert
ABSTRACT— The most direct effects of wind energy development on birds are rotor blade strikes and collisions with wind turbines. Probability of a blade strike is affected by the rates at which a bird visits the rotor swept zone (RSZ), and mitigated by the behaviors it uses to avoid being struck. Between 2011 and 2013, we studied the occurrence and nature of avoidance responses of 3 nesting ferruginous hawks (Buteo regalis), 5 Swainson’s hawks (B. swainsoni), and 2 red-tailed hawks . . .
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