WindpowerhasexpandeddramaticallyinAmericaoverthepast20years.Manystudieshaveanalysedtheeffectsinspecificlocationsoronspecificbirdspecies.Butfewhavelookedattheeffectsonwildlifeatthepopulationlevel.Dr.Katovich,aneconomistattheUniversityofGeneva,usedtheChristmasBirdCount,acitizen-scienceproject.Volunteerscountbirdstheyspot...
The present study synthesizes the current state of understanding on the effects of offshore wind farms on marine wildlife, in order to identify general versus local conclusions in published studies. The results were translated into a generalized impact assessment for coastal waters in Sweden, which ...
The application for 181-turbine wind farm with capacity to generate an electricity passed under the Electricity Act 1989 has been rejected due to its possible effect on wildlife. The ministers observed that the scheme will develop ...
This book has sections on: trends and patterns of pesticide use; pesticide exposure; the experimental and wildlife evidence; the human evidence; compoundin... RC Repetto,SS Baliga - 《Cent Eur J Public Health》 被引量: 402发表: 1996年 Changing habitat use by birds after the Exxon Valdez oi...
On March 5th, three Judges of the First Circuit Court of Appeals will hear from lawyers for residents of Nantucket who sued to stop the Vineyard Wind project, the first utility-scale offshore wind energy project in in the...more U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Establishes Expedited Eagle Per...
And what about all the wildlife these kill? Where are the bird protection groups? Sierra Club always approves of these. Why? This next image is KOP 5 said to represent driving south on 99 4.1 miles from the farm that the driver would see prominently. This image does not represent this ...
Moreover, the construction and operation of the wind farm will create at least 800 direct, as well as numerous indirect jobs in the state – ranging from monitoring wildlife and the seabed around the project to local businesses who provide goods and services within the vicinity of the operating...
SL Hoover,ML Morrison - 《Journal of Wildlife Management》 被引量: 149发表: 2015年 Response of raptors to a windfarm P>1. The global growth of wind energy has outpaced our assessment of possible impacts on wildlife. There is a pressing need for studies with pre- and post-... Garvin,...
“Renewable energy development is an important solution to our energy crisis,” Yakama Nation Tribal Council Chairman Gerald Lewis said in a release. “But it cannot be developed at the expense of our land, our water, our wildlife, and our sacred places.” ...
However, a further diffusion of wind farms involves strong spatial implications that refer to various adverse effects on landscape (onshore wind), noise level, and wildlife. Negative environmental impacts caused by the sometimes suboptimal siting of wind farms have induced an increasing gap between ...