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| Title | Author | Date Sort ascending | Content Type | Technology | Stressor | Receptor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guidance for Pre- and Post-Construction Monitoring to Detect Changes in Marine Bird Distributions and Habitat Use Related to Offshore Wind Development | Avian Displacement Guidance Committee | Guidance | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Avoidance, Displacement | Birds | |
| Integrated Environmental & Social Sensitivity Mapping: Guidance for Early Offshore Wind Spatial Planning | World Bank Group | Guidance | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Bats, Birds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Reptiles, Sea Turtles, Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Recreation & Tourism | ||
| Recommendations for Evaluating the Use of Existing Baseline Observational Survey Data for Birds in Offshore Wind Site Characterization Processes for the U.S. Atlantic | Avian Displacement Guidance Committee | Guidance | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Birds | ||
| Offshore renewables environmental approvals | Australian Government | Guidance | Marine Energy, Wind Energy | |||
| Consideration of avoidance behaviour of northern gannet (Morus bassanus) in collision risk modelling for offshore wind farm impact assessments (NECR512) | Pavat, D.; Harker, A.; Humphries, G.; et al. | Guidance | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Collision | Birds | |
| Nationwide Recommendations for Impact Pile Driving Sound Exposure Modeling and Sound Field Measurement for Offshore Wind Construction and Operations Plans | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) | Guidance | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Noise | Fish, Marine Mammals, Reptiles, Sea Turtles | |
| FINAL Information Needed for Issuance of a Notice of Intent (NOI) Under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for a Construction and Operations Plan (COP) | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) | Guidance | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy | ||
| Guide to a floating offshore wind farm | BVG Associates | Guidance | Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind | Physical Environment | ||
| Bat and Bird monitoring guidance | Skov, H. | Guidance | Wind Energy | Bats, Birds | ||
| Wind Energy End-of-Service Guide | Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); Oteri, F.; Tinnesand, H.; et al. | Guidance | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Human Dimensions | ||
| Guía de evaluación ambiental. Componente de vida silvestre | Guidance | Wind Energy | Bats, Birds | |||
| The Responsible Offshore Development Alliance Research Priorities 2022 | Responsible Offshore Development Alliance (RODA) | Guidance | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Fish, Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Marine Spatial Planning | |
| BirdLife Position on Renewable Energy at Sea and nature conservation | BirdLife International | Guidance | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Collision | Birds, Human Dimensions, Climate Change, Marine Spatial Planning | |
| Guidelines for Lighting and Marking of Structures Supporting Renewable Energy Development | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) | Guidance | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Lighting | Bats, Birds, Fish, Marine Mammals, Reptiles | |
| Mitigating biodiversity impacts associated with solar and wind energy development: guidelines for project developers | Bennun, L.; van Bochove, J.; Ng, C.; et al. | Guidance | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Bats, Birds, Marine Mammals | |
| Protecting the marine environment for a sustainable development of offshore wind energy - Recommendations by WWF France | Hardy, P-Y.; Kazeroni, M.; Alex, B.; et al. | Guidance | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy | ||
| MSPglobal: international guide on marine/maritime spatial planning | Ansong, J.; Isaksson, I.; Quesada da Silva, M.; et al. | Guidance | Marine Energy, Wind Energy | Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning | ||
| Managing Impacts of Human-Generated Sound on Marine Life | McPherson, S. | Guidance | Marine Energy, Wind Energy | Noise | Fish, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Marine Spatial Planning, Recreation & Tourism | |
| Guidance document on wind energy developments and EU nature legislation | European Commission | Guidance | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Birds, Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy | ||
| The Wildlife Sensitivity Mapping Manual: Practical guidance for renewable energy planning in the European Union | Allinson, T.; Jobson, B.; Crowe, O.; et al. | Guidance | Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Bats, Birds, Physical Environment, Marine Mammals | ||
| Black Harriers and Wind Energy: Guidelines for impact assessment, monitoring and mitigation | Simmons, R.; Ralston-Paton, S.; Colyn, R.; et al. | Guidance | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision, Habitat Change | Birds | |
| Information Guidelines for a Renewable Energy Construction and Operations Plan (COP) | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) | Guidance | Marine Energy, Wind Energy | Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy | ||
| Guidelines for Providing Information on Fisheries Social and Economic Conditions for Renewable Energy Development on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) | Guidance | Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Social & Economic Data | |||
| Guidelines for Providing Avian Survey Information for Renewable Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) | Guidance | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Bats, Birds, Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy | ||
| Guidelines for Submission of Spatial Data for Atlantic Offshore Renewable Energy Development Site Characterization Surveys | BOEM Office of Renewable Energy Programs | Guidance | Marine Energy, Wind Energy | Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Marine Spatial Planning | ||
| South African Bat Fatality Threshold Guidelines: Edition 3 | MacEwan, K.; Aronson, J.; Richardson, K.; et al. | Guidance | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision | Bats | |
| Guía para la descripción de centrales eólicas de generación de energía eléctrica en el SEIA (segunda edición) | Servicio de Evaluación Ambiental de Chile | Guidance | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions | ||
| Guía de buenas prácticas para el desarrollo eólico en Argentina: Gestión de impactos de aves y murciélagos | Subsecretaría de Energías Renovables y de Eficiencia Energética | Guidance | Land-Based Wind | Bats, Birds | ||
| Eagle Conservation Plan for the Goodnoe Hills Wind Facility Klickitat County, Washington | Western Ecosystems Technology Inc (WEST) | Guidance | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision | Birds | |
| Guidelines for Providing Information on Fisheries for Renewable Energy Development on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf | BOEM Office of Renewable Energy Programs | Guidance | Fish, Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Legal & Policy | |||
| Guidelines for Information Requirements for a Renewable Energy Site Assessment Plan (SAP) | BOEM Office of Renewable Energy Programs | Guidance | Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy | ||
| Guidelines for Providing Information on Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles for Renewable Energy Development on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf | BOEM Office of Renewable Energy Programs | Guidance | Marine Energy, Wind Energy | Marine Mammals, Reptiles, Sea Turtles | ||
| Via Pontica-Myth and Reality for Birds and Wind Turbines | Manev, T.; Zehtindjiev, P. | Guidance | Wind Energy | Birds | ||
| XLPE Submarine Cable Systems: Attachment to XLPE land cable systems user’s guide | ABB | Guidance | Marine Energy | EMF | ||
| Guía para la Elaboración de Estudios de Impacto Ambiental de Proyectos de Energías Renovables | Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable | Guidance | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | |||
| Interim Guidance on apportioning impacts from marine renewable developments to breeding seabird populations in SPAs | Scottish Natural Heritage | Guidance | Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Birds, Seabirds, Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy | ||
| Golden Eagle Conservation Plan for the Ocotillo Wind Energy Facility | Ocotillo Express | Guidance | Wind Energy | Birds, Raptors | ||
| Using the Rochdale Envelope | The Planning Inspectorate for England and Wales | Guidance | Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy | |||
| Cape Vulture and Wind Farms: Guidelines for impact assessment, monitoring and mitigation | Pfeiffer, M.; Ralston-Paton, S. | Guidance | Wind Energy | Displacement, Habitat Change | Birds, Human Dimensions | |
| 2018 Revision to: Technical Guidance for Assessing the Effects of Anthropogenic Sound on Marine Mammal Hearing (Version 2.0): Underwater Thresholds for Onset of Permanent and Temporary Threshold Shifts | National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) | Guidance | Noise | Marine Mammals | ||
| Environmental Impact Assessment Handbook: Guidance for competent authorities, consultation bodies, and others involved in the Environmental Impact Assessment process in Scotland | NatureScot | Guidance | Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment | |||
| Draft Guidance Regarding the Use of a Project Design Envelope in a Construction and Operations Plan | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) | Guidance | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy | ||
| Suggested seasonal definitions for birds in the Scottish Marine Environment | Tyler, G. | Guidance | Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Birds | ||
| Lineamientos de Evaluación de Impacto Ambiental sobre Murciélagos por Plantas de Energía Eólica en Latinoamérica y el Caribe | RELCOM | Guidance | Bats | |||
| Birds and Wind-Energy Best-Practice Guidelines: Best-Practice Guidelines for Assessing and Monitoring the Impact of Wind Energy Facilities on Birds in Southern Africa | Jenkins, A.; van Rooyen, C.; Smallie, J.; et al. | Guidance | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Birds | ||
| Guidelines for Consideration of Bats in Wind Farm Projects Revision 2014 | Rodrigues, L.; Bach, L.; Dubourg-Savage, M.; et al. | Guidance | Wind Energy | Bats | ||
| Review and guidance on use of “shutdown-on-demand” for wind turbines to conserve migrating soaring birds in the Rift Valley/Red Sea Flyway | BirdLife International | Guidance | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind | Collision | Bats, Birds | |
| Guidance to Manage the Risk to Marine Mammals from Man-made Sound Sources in Irish Waters | Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment | Guidance | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Noise | Fish, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions, Stakeholder Engagement | |
| Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus) Species Guidance | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | Guidance | Bats | |||
| Eagle Conservation Plan Guidance: Module 1 Land-based Wind Energy | US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) | Guidance | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Birds, Raptors |
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