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LIFE DANUBE FREE SKY SUPPORTS THE EUROPEAN CONSERVATION COMMUNITY
Click HERE and read the document which offers an overview of 7 principles for a bird-friendly electricity grid across Europe, endorsed by 24 civil society signatories!
In the context of the LIFE project SafeLines4Birds a workshop was held in November 2023, entitled ‘Connecting Biodiversity’, organised by Renewables Grid Initiative (RGI). 20 environmental NGOs from 12 countries in Europe gathered for two days to discuss the status-quo of bird protection along the electricity grid, exchange on solutions and potential mitigation strategies, and identify priorities and next steps towards bird-friendly electricity grid infrastructure. The members of the Raptor Protection of Slovakia (RPS), Coordinating Beneficiary of the LIFE Danube Free Sky project, were present at the workshop and collaborated during it's preparation.
The outcomes of the discussions have been summarised in a document endorsed by 24 civil society signatories. Those principles serve as guiding points to be considered by decision-makers and further discussed with relevant stakeholders.
The 7 principles serve as guiding points to be considered by decision-makers and further discussed with relevant stakeholders:
- Meaningful and constructive European multi-stakeholder exchanges.
- Member State level collaborations.
- Sustainable funding sources for civil society.
- Standardisation of bird data collection within an open-source approach.
- Comprehensive nation-wide bird risk maps.
- Improved implementation of the European legislative and regulatory framework.
- Strong European technical guidelines.
