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Wind farm sensitivity map for birds and bats in Flanders (Belgium) Joris Everaert

Wind farm sensitivity map for birds and bats in Flanders (Belgium) Joris Everaert. Guidelines for impact assessment in Flanders region. Ecological & legal information How to make impact assessments incl. information/ guidance for surveys , mitigation ,. More info:

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Wind farm sensitivity map for birds and bats in Flanders (Belgium) Joris Everaert

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  1. Wind farm sensitivity map for birds and bats in Flanders (Belgium) Joris Everaert

  2. Guidelinesfor impact assessment in Flandersregion • Ecological & legal information • How to make impact assessments • incl. information/guidanceforsurveys, mitigation,.. More info: https://www.inbo.be/nl/effecten-van-windturbines-op-fauna-vlaanderen

  3. Guidelinesfor risk assessment in Flandersregion Guidelinesalsoincludesensitivity maps forbirds and bats https://geo.inbo.be/windturbines/ Purpose of the maps: - indicate areas where siting of wind turbines may pose a risk to birds or bats. - intended to inform and guide more site-level assessments & strategic planning. Not to replace site-level assessments and not to identify ‘no-go’ areas. Birds Bats More info: https://www.inbo.be/nl/effecten-van-windturbines-op-fauna-vlaanderen

  4. Wind turbine sensitivity maps, version 2015

  5. wintering waterfowl database - more than 1.000 sites in Flanders - 6 mid-month counts /winter - 400 (mostly amateur) field ornithologists breedingbird database in Flanders (incl. www.waarnemingen.be) - severalhundred field ornithologists management contracts map Flanders, based onbreedingbird databases + localbirdsurveysandknowledgecollected from bird working groups localbirdsurveysandknowledgecollectedfrombirdworkinggroups and www.trektellen.be = mostly opportunistic, not complete in same way for the whole of Flanders

  6. Thematic map 1: Foraging and resting areas for waterfowl (non-breeding)

  7. Thematic map 2: Roosting areas (non-breeding)

  8. Thematic map 3: Colonies (breeding)

  9. Thematic map 4: Areas with ‘special’ endangered/rare birds (breeding)

  10. Thematic map 5: Meadowbirdareas (breeding)

  11. Thematic map 6: Farmland birdareas(breeding)

  12. Thematic map 7: Regularlocalcommutingflightsfor foraging

  13. Thematic map 8: Regularlocalcommutingflightsfor roosting

  14. Thematic map 9: Seasonal migration

  15. Synthesis map = max. risk class value of allthematic maps

  16. Green map Flanders = segmentation classification from aerial photographs

  17. Green map Flanders = segmentation classification from aerial photographs Biological valuation map Flanders (BWK) = detailed field inventory (incl. land cover)

  18. Notincluded(yet). Tobedetermined in local assessment !

  19. Challenges.. • Making the sensitivity maps more dynamic • (direct connectionwith databases  easy updates) • Making the regularcommutingflight & migration route maps • more complete for the whole of Flanders (lessopportunistic) • Include real presence data of bats: • hibernation sites, colonies, modellingwithobservations,... hibernation sites

  20. Degreeto which the guidelines incl. both sensitivity maps have been used in actual siting decisions • Project developers & consultancies: • Globally used for strategic planning and as ‘starting point’ information • and guidance for more detailed site-level project assessments • Local & regional administrations & authorities: • As above + globally used to check that project developers and • consultancies did their job well (local assessment should be more • detailed in case of high risk areas) • Some thematic bird maps: also used as part of data for making a sensitivity map for the mitigation of power lines in Belgium

  21. Joris Everaert Research Institutefor Nature andForest, Flandersregion (Belgium) www.inbo.be joris.everaert@inbo.be

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