With the inauguration of the regional conference, which was put on by Birdlife International in conjunction with the Migratory Soaring Birds Project of the Ministry of the Environment, these efforts received a boost on Saturday.
Yasmine Fouad, the Egyptian environment minister, emphasised in her remarks on the fringes of the conference that “egypt is keen to discuss the subject of conserving migratory birds and biodiversity during the COP27 climate conference.
“Risks and remedies
Osama Al-Jabali, director of the Ministry of Environment’s Migratory Soaring Birds Project, for his part, provided exclusive statements to Sky News Arabia outlining the project’s specifics, which primarily aims to
El-Gabali stated in his speech to Sky News Arabia: “During their spring and fall migrations, almost 2 million birds pass through Egypt. Here, they are at risk from a variety of natural and man-made hazards.
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He continued, “The project focuses in particular on confronting the risks caused by humans, including: energy, electricity, waste, and wind power plants. ”
The director of the Migratory Soaring Birds Project at the Ministry of Environment revealed that there are other problems facing migratory birds, which are:
El-Gabali added, “Therefore, Egypt has signed a number of international agreements related to the protection of birds to preserve environmental biodiversity.
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killer turbines
Regarding the dangers of wind turbines, the government official explained that this project seeks in cooperation with the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy to get rid of these risks, which have been threatening the paths of migratory soaring birds for many years.
He said, “The Egyptian state decided to prohibit wind farms using radar during the birds’ migratory time because when birds cross over wind turbines during their seasonal trek, thousands of species would perish.
El-Gabali noted that “during the period when birds are passing through Egypt, particularly close to wind power stations, radars work to monitor them immediately, along with young cadres trained in monitoring and controlling birds, as the signal is given to stop the turbines as soon as they observe flocks of birds, and there are central rooms in some turbines that operate on automatic shutdown. As soon as they have safely passed, turn it back on.
According to research by the National Audubon Society in the United States that was published in the journal of ecology, evolution, and methodology, wind turbines kill more than 500,000 birds each year all around the world.
“Safe pathways” to shield migrating birds from humans, especially in Egypt
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