"... the introduction of just 80 turbines is likely to cause the local extinction of Bearded Vultures.”
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Cape Town - Bird conservationists fear proposed wind farms in northern Lesotho will have a devastating impact on two highly endangered vulture species.Continue reading at IOL scitech:
They are the Bearded Vulture – known locally as the Lammergeier, and an iconic species in the Drakensberg – and the endemic Cape Vulture.
Other species that will come under threat from wind farms in the Lesotho Highlands are the Black Stork, Southern Bald Ibis and Lanner Falcon.
Ironically, last week the mountain kingdom was awarded World Heritage Status for its Sehlabathebe National Park in the south-east.
The UN World Heritage Committee that met in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, praised the “spectacularly beautiful watershed area” that hosts flora and fauna of scientific importance and that is home to populations of Cape and Bearded vultures, as well as the endangered Maloti Minnow – a fish species found only here.
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