Bird and bat mortality at wind farms in South America: Lessons from monitoring and mitigation practices in Chile #CHL

Highlights: Nationwide assessment of bird and bat mortality at 40 wind farms in Chile. Andean condor was the only threatened species detected, with nine fatalities. Mortality patterns vary with environmental and turbine characteristics. Monitoring protocols were often inconsistent and rarely bias-corrected. Nearly half of projects implemented no mitigation measures during operation. Abstract: Wind energy can help mitigate global CO₂ emissions; however, it also has adverse effects on biodiversity, particularly through collision-related mortality among flying vertebrates. While these impacts have been . . .


https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/bird-and-bat-mortality-at-wind-farms-in-south-america-lessons-from-monitoring-and-mitigation-practices-in-chile/