Gyeonggi-do Attaches Bird Collision Prevention Stickers... 95% Decrease in Bird Carcasses

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province installed bird collision prevention facilities (sticker films) on five transparent soundproof walls along roads in the province where bird collisions frequently occur, resulting in a reduction of bird carcasses by more than 95% compared to before the project.

According to the Ministry of Environment's National Institute of Ecology, which collected and analyzed bird carcasses near the project sites, the number of carcasses per survey decreased from 2.8 before the installation of prevention facilities (around June this year) since 2019 to 0.1 after the installation from September to November, the province announced on the 29th.

Earlier in September, the province attached films and stickers with patterns spaced vertically at 5cm and horizontally at less than 10cm on five transparent soundproof walls (total length 2.33 km) where bird collisions frequently occur: around Sindong Intersection in Suwon, around Samseong LH Complex 12 in Goyang, south of Wonheung Elementary School in Goyang, around Misa Lake Park in Hanam, and around Okbit Middle School in Yangju.

Subsequently, post-monitoring was conducted from September to November, mainly by volunteer groups. The monitoring process involved volunteers and existing private environmental activists checking for bird carcasses near the transparent soundproof walls and entering photos and other data into the online nature activity sharing platform "Naturing." The National Institute of Ecology then verified and analyzed the data. The pre-monitoring before the pilot project was conducted in the same manner.

According to the comparison of pre- and post-monitoring analyzed by the National Institute of Ecology, 436 collisions occurred during 153 pre-project surveys. In contrast, only 4 collisions were recorded during 32 post-project surveys. At key locations, the transparent soundproof wall near Misa Lake Park in Hanam recorded 100 collisions in 33 surveys before the pilot project, but only 4 collisions were confirmed in 8 surveys after the installation of prevention facilities. No carcasses were found at other project sites.

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