Animal welfare implications of digital tools for monitoring and management of cattle and sheep on pasture

A Herlin, E Brunberg, J Hultgren, N Högberg… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Monitoring the welfare of cattle and sheep in large pastures can be time-
consuming, especially if the animals are scattered over large areas in semi-natural pastures …

[HTML][HTML] Noise pollution from wind turbines and its effects on wildlife: A cross-national analysis of current policies and planning regulations

Y Teff-Seker, O Berger-Tal, Y Lehnardt… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The quest for cleaner energy has caused governments to expand renewable energy
infrastructure, including wind turbine farms. However, wind turbines (WTs) can also pose a …

[HTML][HTML] How far are birds, bats, and terrestrial mammals displaced from onshore wind power development?–A systematic review

A Tolvanen, H Routavaara, M Jokikokko, P Rana - Biological conservation, 2023 - Elsevier
Wind power is a rapidly growing source of energy worldwide. It is crucial for climate change
mitigation, but it also accelerates the degradation of biodiversity through habitat loss and the …

Mapping cumulative pressures on the grazing lands of northern Fennoscandia

M Stoessel, J Moen, R Lindborg - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Traditional grazing areas in Europe have declined substantially over the last century.
Specifically, in northern Fennoscandia, the grazing land is disturbed by cumulative land-use …

Renewable energy infrastructure impacts biodiversity beyond the area it occupies

BB Niebuhr, D Sant'Ana, M Panzacchi… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Dunnett et al.(1) conclude that current and predicted priority areas for wind and solar energy
development (renewable energy areas, REA) overlap minimally with important conservation …

[HTML][HTML] Public contestations against the disturbance, degradation, and destruction of Sámi pastoral landscapes in northern Sweden

D Harnesk, J Jakobsen - Journal of Rural Studies, 2023 - Elsevier
A new wave of encroachments is unfolding in Northern Sweden on the lands of Indigenous
Sámi reindeer pastoralists. Even if the State and corporations may accept that landscape …

Natural and Indigenous sciences: reflections on an attempt to collaborate

I Kater - Regional Environmental Change, 2022 - Springer
Natural scientists are increasingly being encouraged to engage with local and Indigenous
communities when carrying out research. However, these attempts at collaboration can …

[HTML][HTML] Forest bat activity declines with increasing wind speed in proximity of operating wind turbines

JS Ellerbrok, N Farwig, F Peter, CC Voigt - Global Ecology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The increasing use of onshore wind energy is leading to an increased deployment of wind
turbines in structurally rich habitats such as forests. Forest-affiliated bats, in turn, are at risk of …

The shrinking resource base of pastoralism: Saami reindeer husbandry in a climate of change

NJC Tyler, I Hanssen-Bauer, EJ Førland… - … in sustainable food …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The productive performance of large ungulates in extensive pastoral grazing systems is
modulated simultaneously by the effects of climate change and human intervention …

Impacts of climate warming on reindeer herding require new land-use strategies

GC Rosqvist, N Inga, P Eriksson - Ambio, 2022 - Springer
Climate in the Arctic has warmed at a more rapid pace than the global average over the past
few decades leading to weather, snow, and ice situations previously unencountered …