Welcome to the PLAN-B European Project
Tackling
noise and light pollution
for a Sustainable
Tomorrow
The Path Towards Addressing Adverse Impacts of Light and Noise Pollution on Terrestrial Biodiversity and Ecosystems
Key outputs of PLAN-B
PLAN-B will create the enabling conditions to support and enhance activities planned in the EU biodiversity strategy and provide a new path towards meeting the EU and international biodiversity targets.
An Innovative Framework
A framework and supporting handbook for assessing light and noise pollution impacts to inform environmental decision-making
A Pollution Database
New Scientific Models
Innovative Pollution Solutions
Legal & Policy frameworks
Recommendations for enhancing legal and policy frameworks to reduce light and noise pollution impacts on terrestrial biodiversity
Communities of Practice (CoPs)
An alternative plan is required to achieve the the EU’s 2030 biodiversity target. PLAN-B takes an integrated, multidisciplinary and multi-actor approach to deliver better understanding and support reduction of light and noise pollution impacts on terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystem services.
The PLAN-B Project areas of work
Noise Pollution
Biodiversity
Light Pollution
Noise pollution
Biodiversity
Light pollution
Ecosystem services
Outreach & Impact
Combined effects
Prevention & Mitigation
The Path Towards Addressing Adverse Impacts of Light and Noise Pollution on Terrestrial Biodiversity and Ecosystems
The PLAN-B Project Blog
Big Announcement: New Light Pollution Map of Europe
Our colleague Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel and his team have developed and released a new Light Pollution Map of Europe. This innovative resource provides an updated and highly precise perspective on light pollution levels across the continent. Developed using data...
Brazilian partners of PLAN-B take neglected pollutants to COP 16 on Biodiversity, in Cali, Colombia
Brazilian researchers who are members of the PLAN-B consortium, professors Camila Palhares Teixeira and Alexandre Túlio Amaral Nascimento, from the Department of Biological Sciences (DCBio), at the State University of Minas Gerais (UEMG), Ibirité Unit, presented...
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[8-9 Nov 2024] Under One Sky gathering
Under One Sky is a virtual gathering that unites and expands the global movement to protect our night skies. This unique event welcomes everyone - from DarkSky places, chapters, and members to curious individuals just beginning to explore the importance of darkness....
Light and noise pollution issues in music festival in Poland
From September 6th to 8th, a controversial and illegal German-organized techno festival took place on Karsibór Island, a protected area under the Natura 2000 network. The event, called the Achterland Festival, caused significant disruption due to loud music, which...
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[The PLAN-B Network] The Darker Sky Project Overview of its First Year
The Interreg North Sea Project DARKER SKY kicked off with a clear mission: supporting municipalities and ports to protect biodiversity with the implementation of light-reduction solutions balancing environmental concerns with the needs of people and cities. Over the...
Success in the First Citizen Science Workshop PLAN-B Project
On September 26, 2024, over 50 attendees had the opportunity to test the first version of the Lost at Night application and share their initial impressions. Lost at Night will be one of PLAN-B's results for the analysis of light pollution in Europe, providing new...
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Communities of Practice
A CoP is a group of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.
Local communities -including public authorities, private companies generating light and noise pollution, local researchers and NGOs and citizens- will work together to monitorize the light and noise pollution in their local areas.
Local biodiversity monitoring programmes will be invited to work with these communities of Practice, share their knowledge and improve their practices related wit noise and light pollution.
Four regions will host these Communities of Practice: Germany, Poland, Brazil and Spain. Stay tuned if you want to take part in thes communities during the project.
Meet our consortium
4 years project
8 countries involved
12 consortium members
2.4M € of funding
