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Protecting wildlife from human activity

People Fixing the World

CHAPTER

Protecting Birds from Wind Turbines with Bird Radars

The chapter delves into the potential dangers wind farms pose to birds and explores the implementation of bird radar systems near a wind farm in Finland to prevent bird strikes. Efforts to safeguard endangered bird species like the Baltic gull and white-tailed sea eagle from colliding with turbines by automatically shutting down turbines when birds are detected are discussed, underscoring the balance between renewable energy production and wildlife conservation.

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