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CategoriesWind farms Birds of prey Vultures Press release Evros Thrace Environmental licensing Environmental legislation Rhodope Cumulative impact

Joint statement by nine environmental organisations: Immediate measures for the wind farms in Evros and Rhodope to protect birds and ecosystems

Joint statement by nine environmental organizations: Taking immediate measures for ASPIE in Evros and Rhodope with the aim of protecting birds and ecosystems After the devastating fire in Evros and Rhodope, with incalculable consequences for protected birds and natural ecosystems, in a joint letter to the Minister of Environment and Energy, nine organizations […]

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New Wind Farms in Rhodope threaten vultures and other protected bird species

New Wind Farms in Rhodope Mountains Threaten Vultures and Other Protected Birds On July 25, the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia-Thrace approved the construction and operation of three Wind Farms for the Production of Electricity (ASPHE) in the Kompsatos Valley, a critical habitat for important and sensitive protected birds such as the Egyptian Vulture, the Black Vulture, the Vulture, the White-tailed Eagle […]

CategoriesWind farms Birds of prey Vultures Press release Events Thrace Cinereous vulture TOP NEWS Griffon vulture Environmental licensing Environmental legislation Cumulative impact Flora

What should we be most concerned about? The environmental impacts of each wind turbine separately or all together, current and future?

What should worry us more? The impacts on nature of each wind farm individually or all of them together, current and future? For the first time in Greece, the cumulative impacts of the Thrace wind farms on species and habitats were assessed through a program implemented by the Thrace Biodiversity Protection Society (EPBTH). An important resource is added to the quiver of those involved […]

CategoriesWind farms Vultures Press release Thrace Cinereous vulture Rhodope

Another cinereous vulture recorded as victim of wind turbines in Thrace-Greece

Another black vulture victim of wind turbine collision in Thrace On April 30, a black vulture flying in the Drosia Rhodope area crashed into a wind turbine of a four-turbine wind farm located in the «Filiouri Valley» Important Bird Area. The black vulture was located thanks to the satellite transmitter it carried on its back three days after […]

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Wind Turbines inside the Dadia Forest National Park: April’s fool or a miserable reality?

Wind turbines in the Dadia Forest National Park: April Fool's joke or sad reality? Who would have imagined that after almost 20 years of efforts for the proper location of ASPIE in Thrace, there would be a request for the installation of 10 wind turbines in the Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli National Park, specifically at the "Trikorfo" location at the southwestern edge of the National Park [...]

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