Sentinel Network of Impacts of Wind Energy on Wildlife and Their Habitat: Remote Vertebrate Monitoring Technologies to Improve the Effectiveness of Environmental Impact Assessment (WindWildNet)
PRTR Call for Proposals Project
The fight against climate change is gaining relevance in political agendas, promoting an energy transition based on renewable energies such as solar and wind. However, these energies have a negative impact on species and habitats. Making its development compatible with the conservation of biodiversity requires improving Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) procedures. This project will use GPS tracking and vertebrate photo trapping and the comparative review of wind farm EIA documents to improve the identification of impacts on fauna and its habitat, corrective measures and environmental monitoring, increasing environmental legality in conservation.
Line of action:
Knowledge generation and managementStatus:
En ejecuciónSpatial scale of work:
AsturiasLine of research:
EnergyExecution date:
2022Duration:
15/07/2022 - 31/12/2025Total budget:
€194,605.76Amount of aid from the Biodiversity Foundation:
€184,875.47 (95%)The main objective of this project is to improve the effectiveness of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) procedure to make the presence of wind farms compatible with the conservation of biodiversity. Remote wildlife monitoring technologies will be used to:
- Accurately identify and assess the impacts of wind energy on terrestrial wildlife, from individual effects to alterations in habitat quality
- To assess the degree of adequacy of the corrective measures adopted for the prevention or mitigation of such impacts
- Assess the adequacy of the EIA procedure to EIA and biodiversity conservation legislation
- Make recommendations to improve the effectiveness and environmental legality of the EIA procedure.
Sentinel Network of Impacts of Wind Energy on Wildlife and Their Habitat: Remote Vertebrate Monitoring Technologies to Improve the Effectiveness of Environmental Impact Assessment (WindWildNet)
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