“SOUND OF WINDFARMS FRIGHTENS ANIMALS”
When Swedish climate advocate Greta Thunberg and other activists protested at several Norwegian government ministries this week, they weren’t demonstrating against new petroleum refineries or tax incentives for Big Oil. Instead, they were standing against wind farms, often seen as a key tool in fighting climate change.
The Norwegian wind farms consist of 151 turbines, which became operational in 2019 and 2020.
As countries race to reduce carbon emissions, the struggle over the wind turbines highlights the difficulties faced by those whose land, resources and cultural life are implicated in climate solutions. [Read the full article here.]
Norway’s supreme court ruled in 2021 that turbines, erected on two wind farms at Fosen and part of Europe’s largest onshore wind power complex, violated Sami rights under international conventions, but they remain in operation more than 16 months later.
Reindeer herders say the sight and sound of the giant wind power machinery frighten their animals and disrupt age-old traditions. [Read the full article here.]
Greta Thunberg is of course NOT against renewable sources of energy. Her concern and the concern of others is for the well being of indigenous peoples, their way of life and the delicate environment the windfarm is built on.
Like Greta Thunberg Save Our Woodlands are NOT against renewable sources of energy but we are concerned that a proposed windfarm in NSW, Australia will destroy 35,000 hectares of woodlands that are home to endangered animals, birds and reptiles.
The Yarrowyck/Booralong area is a precious environmental resource with high biodiversity.
It is an important habitat for the critically endangered regent honeyeater, it is part of the migratory route of swift parrots and critical habitat for the endangered koala.
Surely a more suitable area can be found instead of Yarrowyck and Booralong — as proposed by EDF Renewables.
We are respectfully asking that our government help protect the remaining 15% of woodlands — and that the proposed windfarm be built in a different location.
YOU can help us in that quest. [Learn more here.]
Save Our Woodlands is an environmentally conscious group of volunteers dedicated to preserving threatened birds, animals and ecosystems in the woodlands of New South Wales, Australia.
Only 15% of our woodlands remain, the rest has been cleared for agriculture.
Save Our Woodlands Inc. secures and protects woodlands in NSW and pays landholders, in perpetuity, to conserve, enhance and re-establish native woodlands on THEIR land, and to manage these woodlands, so they are maintained.
BUT we need YOUR help. Together we can bring about change. Please consider donating.
People tend to think that woodlands are “just bush,” consequently, over 85% of the native woodlands in New South Wales, Australia have been replaced by agriculture.
Donate $10 per month & help protect critical habitats. By doing so YOU will prevent further species from extinction.
Our work is only possible with your support.
