{"id":19038,"date":"2023-07-11T10:33:53","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T10:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spbt.gr\/?p=19038"},"modified":"2025-11-13T15:08:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T15:08:42","slug":"%cf%84%ce%b9-%cf%80%cf%81%ce%ad%cf%80%ce%b5%ce%b9-%ce%bd%ce%b1-%ce%bc%ce%b1%cf%82-%ce%b1%ce%bd%ce%b7%cf%83%cf%85%cf%87%ce%b5%ce%af-%cf%80%ce%b5%cf%81%ce%b9%cf%83%cf%83%cf%8c%cf%84%ce%b5%cf%81%ce%bf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spbt.gr\/en\/%cf%84%ce%b9-%cf%80%cf%81%ce%ad%cf%80%ce%b5%ce%b9-%ce%bd%ce%b1-%ce%bc%ce%b1%cf%82-%ce%b1%ce%bd%ce%b7%cf%83%cf%85%cf%87%ce%b5%ce%af-%cf%80%ce%b5%cf%81%ce%b9%cf%83%cf%83%cf%8c%cf%84%ce%b5%cf%81%ce%bf\/","title":{"rendered":"What should we be most concerned about? The environmental impacts of each wind turbine separately or all together, current and future?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For the first time in Greece, the cumulative impacts of the wind farms on species and habitats in Thrace were assessed through a project implemented by the Society for the Protection of Biodiversity of Thrace (SPBT).<\/u><\/em><\/p>

An innovative study (consisting of six distinct studies) anticipates addressing the (knowledge) gaps of cumulative impacts assessment during environmental licensing procedure of wind farms in Thrace. SPBT has already completed and presented the study of cumulative impacts of wind farms in Thrace. In practice, impacts of wind farms on biodiversity are mainly assessed on a case-by-case basis for each wind farm, thus their impacts are significantly underestimated. As a result, because of the case-by-case assessment (the last 20 years usually reaches conclusions of low or medium impact), 276 wind turbines were installed in Evros and Rhodopes, whose impacts on species (birds and bats) and habitats are already very serious, threatening even populations of birds of prey with extinction.<\/p>

On 5th and 6th of July 2023, SPBT presented in two online events (in Greek and English) the six studies that were completed at the end of 2022, in which were analysed and evaluated:<\/p>