Brazil wind farma threat to endangered macaws

Lear’s macaws (Anodorhynchus leari) flying over a reserve near the Canudos Biological Station, run by NGO Biodiversitas, close to the Canudos Wind Energy Complex in Canudos, Bahia state, Brazil. A wind farm in northeastern Brazil sounds like a welcome climate-friendly energy solution, but it is causing controversy over another kind of environmental worry – the impact on the endangered Lear’s macaw. — AFP

A WIND farm in northeastern Brazil sounds like a welcome climate-friendly energy solution, but it is causing controversy over another kind of environmental worry: the impact on the endangered Lear’s macaw.

Home to more than 90% of Brazil’s booming wind-power industry, the northeast is known for strong, steady winds that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva wants to harness to power a green-energy revolution.