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Seventh Meeting of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals Energy Task Force (CMS ETF)
The CMS Energy Task Force (https://www.cms.int/en/taskforce/energy-task-force) is a multi-stakeholder platform that works towards reconciling renewable energy developments with the conservation of migratory species. The Energy Task Force has held yearly meetings since...
Next meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CMS
The 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (COP14 CMS) will be held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, from 12 to 17 February 2024. Among the topics on the official agenda is "Renewable energy...
Course on electricity infrastructure and fauna (online and face-to-face)
The UNIA-UICN Chair of Nature Conservation has programmed this course, in classroom and online mode, to respond to the demand for specialised training related to the regulatory and environmental requirements of construction and maintenance projects for electricity...
International Council on Large Electric Systems (CIGRE)
The national committees of the International Council on Large Electric Systems (CIGRE) in Spain and Portugal are jointly hosting the Ibero-American Conference on Electric Infrastructures and Avifauna on the 21st of September. This event will feature experts...
The e-faunalert platform celebrates five years
The platform went live in 2018 and now that it is 5 years old, we make a summary of the main achievements. So far, 55 users have registered and have characterised almost 1,600 supports in 10 different countries, 4 European (Spain, UK, Greece and Portugal), 2 Asian...
FACILITATING COEXISTENCE BETWEEN ELECTRICITY NETWORKS AND WILDLIFE AROUND THE WORLD: IUCN LAUNCHES A NEW GUIDE IN ENGLISH TO PREVENT AND MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF THIS INFRASTRUCTURE
Given the vital role of power lines for social development, the rapid spread of such infrastructure worldwide and the fact that power lines can be one of the main causes of direct mortality for several species of birds and other wildlife, including mammals, it is...
Mortality hotspots for birds of prey in Morocco revealed by first national census campaign.
The results of the first census campaign of diurnal cliff-nesting raptors in Morocco, carried out in 2019, has been presented in a technical report, available in French. It provides a first clear picture of the geographical distribution and status of birds of prey...
IUCN-Med published a set of practical guidelines for identifying and preventing interactions with potentially dangerous power lines
The manual Birds and power lines in North Africa, available in French, is the result of the actions developed during the last years to promote cooperation between the Mediterranean actors involved in the conservation of raptors....