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Assessing seabird and shorebird vulnerability to offshore wind farms in Brazil: A decision-support framework for environmental licensing

Environmental concerns and the need to mitigate the effects of climate change have driven the adoption of renewable energy sources, such as offshore wind farms (OWFs), making it essential to assess their overlap with seabird habitats to estimate potential impacts. This study is the first to estimate the vulnerability of coastal and seabirds to OWFs at a national scale by integrating biological…

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