National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998)

This protocol provides the criteria for the specialist assessment and minimum report content requirements for

determining impacts on Cape Vultures associated with the development of onshore wind energy generation

facilities, which require environmental authorisation. This protocol must be read with either the avifaunal1 or animal

species protocol2, whichever is applicable to the specific application under consideration.

The assessment and reporting requirements of this protocol are associated with a collision risk potential identified

by the national web based environmental screening tool (screening tool) for Cape Vultures. The relevant data in

the screening tool has been provided by the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology of the University of Cape

Town. The protocol applies within and outside of the Renewable Energy Development Zones (REDZs)3.

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