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CSIRO: engagement increases wind farm development approval

BY RACHEL ALEMBAKIS | WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012 7:00AM

Actual and perceived costs and benefits of wind farms can be influenced by "design, implementation and community engagement processes", according to a study by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).

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