Open AccessLuMinAves: cooperative research and mitigation of light pollution impacts in seabirds
Author(s) -
Elizabeth Atchoi,
Airam Rodríguez,
Tânia Pipa,
Carlos Silva,
Azucena Martín,
Yarci Acosta,
Cátia Gouveia,
Gilberto P. Carreira,
Sofía Debén García,
Dília Menezes
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of sustainable lighting
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2586-1247
DOI - 10.26607/ijsl.v23i1.107
Subject(s) - usable , sustainability , light pollution , seabird , environmental planning , variety (cybernetics) , environmental resource management , geography , business , environmental science , ecology , computer science , physics , artificial intelligence , world wide web , optics , predation , biology
Any efforts to conduct a sustainable management of urban and natural landscapes benefit from an interdisciplinary approach and active collaboration between actors, thus increasing the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed actions. With the emergent transition of urban lighting to white LED technology, such shifts can bring a variety of negative effects to these environments, thus such actions should be applied taking into account as broad a knowledge set as available. These are often fragmented and incoherent thus in need of actions which unite them into usable and common tools. In the North Atlantic region of Macaronesia, a project has been implemented which uses the negative effects light pollution has on seabird populations as a base to effect changes in the regional lighting schemes, decreasing light pollution and increasing the sustainability of the current LED transition, improving practices and awareness, to the benefit of both seabirds and human populations alike.