ProcBe
Project Overview:
ProcBe: Procellariiform Behaviour and Demographics
Status: Active
Start Date: August 2023
Lead Organisation: Joint Nature Conservation Comittee (JNCC)
Offshore wind farms have the potential to impact seabirds in a number of ways, including through mortality caused by collision, displacement from foraging areas, and by acting as barriers to movement. Evidence gaps exist around the potential interactions between seabird species, such as storm petrels (SP) and Manx shearwater (MSW), and offshore wind developments.
ProcBe aims to improve our understanding of the at-sea behaviour, distribution and demography of seabirds. The project is therefore expected to fill the critical evidence gaps around how seabird species might interact with offshore windfarms and improve demographic rate and population modelling approaches. This will help to improve confidence in offshore wind impact assessments and allow expansion of offshore wind developments in a sustainable way.
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Project Funders:
- The Crown Estate
- JNCC
Associated Organisations:
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) (Lead Organisation)
- The Crown Estate
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
- University of Oxford
- Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
- University of Gloucestershire
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To find out more information on the ProcBe project visit the JNCC website here
