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Biodiversity is related to large-scale wind and solar energy (LSWS) as the study investigates the intersection of these two concepts, specifically evaluating the physical overlap [1], potential impacts on native ecosystems [2], and the relative threat LSWS poses to biodiversity compared to other land-use drivers {fact:2, fact:7, fact:9}.
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Practitioners' perceived risks to biodiversity from renewable energy ... nature.com 9 facts
procedurePractitioners compared the direct net impacts on biodiversity from the land footprint of large-scale wind and solar energy (LSWS) with impacts from other industrial-scale land-use and land-cover change (LULCC) drivers, including agriculture, farming, urban growth, timber harvest, and fossil fuel extraction and operations.
claimPractitioners across all regions expect that urban, agrarian, and farming land-use and land-cover change (LULCC) will have greater impacts on biodiversity by 2050 compared to large-scale wind and solar (LSWS).
procedureThe researchers identified keywords related to LSWS and biodiversity, including biodiversity conservation, photovoltaic solar energy project planning, electricity grid management, and native ecosystems, to use as structured search terms for identifying practitioners.
measurementPractitioners perceive the relative impact of large-scale solar and wind energy on biodiversity as less than any of the six other examined drivers of land-use and land-cover change (LULCC), with relative impact values ranging from 0.42 to 0.97 on a Likert scale.
claimThe study investigates the perceptions of governmental, academic, and non-profit practitioners working at the intersection of large-scale renewable energy (LSWS) development and biodiversity.
claimLarge-scale wind and solar energy (LSWS) development may catalyze expansion into controversial development frontiers, such as prime agricultural land (Sustainable Development Goal 2.4), forests, or land needed to protect biodiversity (Sustainable Development Goal 15.1, 15.5).
claimThe physical overlap between large-scale wind and solar (LSWS) and biodiversity on a global scale is debated, which leads to varied perceptions regarding the extent and acceptability of project impacts.
claimPractitioners across regions perceive that drivers of land-use and land-cover change (LULCC) other than large-scale wind and solar (LSWS) pose a greater threat to biodiversity.
claimAdvances in low-impact, wildlife-friendly large-scale wind and solar (LSWS) design suggest that decarbonization projects on marginal lands pose a lower risk to biodiversity, according to research by Obermeyer et al. (2011) and Sinha et al. (2018).