Report on Workshop and Study Visit in Jelgava, Latvia

Activity A3.2 of the BIOWIND project was led by the Latvian partner, Zemgale Planning Region (ZPR), and took place from 20th – 21st February 2024 in Jelgava, Latvia. The activity comprised a workshop on early warning systems in wind farms for biodiversity conservation, followed by a site visit to the Laflora wind farm project under development.

The workshop’s activities aimed to provide partners and invited stakeholders the opportunity to discuss common challenges and identify gaps in environmental policies that potentially inhibit the deployment of wind farms in their territories, while also jointly elaborate on effective biodiversity management and conservation systems for wind farm areas.'

The visit to Laflora wind farm currently under development, aimed to provide partners with planning insights and knowledge from Laflora’ Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).

You can read the full report here.