Cape Vulture + Wind Farms Guidelines

Guidelines for impact assessment, monitoring and mitigation.

August 2018

Compiled by Dr Morgan Pfeiffer and Samantha Ralston-Paton

INTRODUCTION

The Cape Vulture is Endangered and endemic to southern Africa. Although to date there have been relatively few Cape Vulture fatalities reported at wind farms in South Africa when compared to other sources of vulture fatality, wind energy has been identified as a potential new threat.

VALIDATION

This guideline is validated for 0.1 CPD credits in category 1.