EXPERTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES IN BIODIVERSITY LOOKING DEEP INTO NATURE CORPORATE PRESENTATION First Year Bird & Bat Monitoring Operational Phase: Lessons learned Preliminary results from 2 operational Wind Farm monitoring programmes: Bat & Bird Monitoring Northern Cape Bat Monitoring Western Cape Wind Projects with a strong social driver and local community development Both using local bird/bat carcasses searchers 12 persons (Northern Cape) & 4 persons (Western Cape) from local community capacitated to conduct the fatality searches Audited regularly by Bioinsight Model working successfully Field observers have excellent working conditions (4x4 vehicle; Quad Bikes; GPS; Cameras; etc.) First Year Bird & Bat Monitoring Operational Phase: Lessons learned This model allow to conduct weekly searches to all 41 WTG Northern Cape 8 bird and 11 bat fatalities to date (since December 2014) 1 bird fatality related with associated infrastructures (Power Line) Western Cape 5 bat fatalities to date (since July 2015) BIAS TRIALS Carcass Persistency (Preliminary Results) Autumn: approx.5-7 days Winter: approx. 4-6 days First Year Bird & Bat Monitoring Operational Phase: Lessons learned Wind Farm involvement in finding solutions Low Fatality rates so far (Observed) SOCIAL COMPONENT Compensation /Offsets Excellent feedback from Local Community Positives First Year Bird & Bat Monitoring Operational Phase: Lessons learned Communication with field team Low bat detection rates? Low small bird detection rates SHORT TERM MONITORING ? INITIATION OF MONITORING CONTROL AREAS? Compensation /Offsets PROCUREMENT / TEAM ASSEMBLAGE Main Constraints CONTACT US