A new committee to address the threats of power grids to birds in Iran

ABSTRACT

Power lines pose many serious risks for wildlife especially bird species. In 2017, we established a conservation committee entitled ‘Iran’s Birds and Power Lines Committee’ to lead efforts for mitigating the negative impacts of power lines on birds, particularly eagles, falcons, vultures, owls, storks, and corvids; as well as increasing the reliability of Iran’s national power grid. The committee has adopted objectives and approaches encompassing conservation, science and education.

KEYWORDS:

• Avian
• electrocution
• powerline
• Iran
• IBPLC

Acknowledgements

We want to thank Dr Christopher Bowden, Globally Threatened Species Officer in UK, and Mr Nick P. Williams, Head of the Coordinating Unit of the CMS Raptors MoU, for reviewing this paper and Dr Miguel Ferrer Baena for his helpful suggestions.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Notes on contributors

Mahmood Kolnegari

Mahmood Kolnegari: Born in Arak, Iran. Master of Science in Entomology from Islamic Azad University of Arak; founder of IBPLC.

Etezad Moghimi

Etezad Moghimi: Born in Tehran, Iran. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering. Head of Tavanir HSE.

Ali A. Basiri

Ali A. Basiri: Born in Arak, Iran. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering. Head of Research Department in Power Distribution Company of Markazi Province.

Ali T. Qashqaei

Ali T. Qashqaei: Born in Tehran, Iran. Master of Science in Environmental Science from Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University.

Mandana Hazrati

Mandana Hazrati: Born in Tehran, Iran. Master of Art in English Translation Study from University of Arak.