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New solar farms can benefit nature – here’s how
New research shows that solar farms can boost biodiversity and benefit nature under the right policies and appropriate management.
Solar farms can also deliver multiple “ecosystem services” in addition to biodiversity conservation, including food production and support for rural activities such as recreation. Solar farms offer opportunities in terms of dual or triple land use options to generate energy, produce food through grazing livestock and conserve biodiversity.Fabio Carvalho, CC BY-ND Yet, as with any changes, there will be winners and losers. Solar farms may challenge some deeply held perceptions in the UK of a cultural “green” countryside dotted with lush farmlands in which wildlife co-exist in apparent harmony with human-dominated land uses.
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