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The Australian government is leading the way in guidance on wildlife conservation and light pollution. This well produced book (see PDF download) is full of information and is a model for other nations.
https://www.dcceew.gov.au/campaign/light-pollutionLondon Stratford Sphere proposal withdrawn.
Presteigne and Norton were yesterday awarded dark skies community status by Dark Sky International. The BAA’s Commission for Dark Skies provided advice and guidance to the project during its early phases and remained engaged throughout. This is an important success story for Wales and England which provides a very good project template for other communities considering such an application. The application can be found here:
https://darksky.app.box.com/s/tq5x1e9xfp0svkw8rblpgi2131ax98i0
This article in the ILP Journal, ‘The Political Equivalent of Tumbleweed’ by Nic Paton, is a valuable summary of the situation in Parliament with respect to the Lords report ‘The Neglected Pollutants: the effects of artificial light and noise on human health’.
The Government has largely rejected the report on the basis of ‘significant gaps’ in knowledge about the effects of artificial light. This rejection is very disappointing in that it will delay new legislation.
However, a new government may take a different view. The issue of light pollution monitoring has become particularly important and there are a number of us in the dark sky community who are investigating how we can assist government with this. Watch this space.
https://lightingjournal.org.uk/the-political-equivalent-of-tumbleweed/North Yorkshire Council to increase protection of Nidderdale AONB.
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