The Path Towards Addressing Adverse Impacts of Light and Noise Pollution on Terrestrial Biodiversity and Ecosystems
Activities & Day to Day
Meet the PLAN-B consortium: UGent, Faculty of Law and Criminology
Ghent University's Faculty of Law is conducting a comprehensive analysis of the policies, laws, and regulations related to light and noise pollution. This analysis will serve as the foundation for future policy briefs, aimed at guiding the actions of the EU and...
Noise and light pollution in Spain: the conversation starts
In recent weeks, several cases related to light and noise pollution and their relationship with affected biodiversity have appeared in the Spanish media. Scientists, conservation associations and citizens have reacted in favour of the defense of their ecosystems and...
Travis Longcore has joined the PLAN-Biodiversity project as an advisory board member
Travis Longcore is a leading expert in the effects of light pollution on wildlife with experience including basic science, literature synthesis, project impact assessment, and mitigation design. He is eager to contribute to collaborate with the European research...
The Journey So Far: PLAN-B’s Milestone Meeting
On June 14, 2024, PLAN-B held its first General Assembly, bringing together the entire consortium and Advisory Board members. This pivotal meeting offered us an invaluable opportunity to assess the progress of our project, discuss ongoing work, plan future steps,...
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[Article] Monitoring, trends and impacts of light pollution
A new scientific paper has recently been published by Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, which outlines trends and impacts on light pollution. The article includes contributions from some of the scientific experts on light pollution in the PLAN-B consortium, such...
Defining Mechanistic Pathways for Anthropogenic Noise Impact on Avian Species
Our first peer-reviewed publication from the PLAN-B project focuses on mechanistic pathways of anthropogenic noise impact on birds, providing a potential basis for predicting how birds may respond to noise in different settings. Access to article Defining Mechanistic...
International Day of Light
The International Day of Light is a global initiative that provides an annual focal point for the continued appreciation of light and the role it plays in science, culture and art, education, and sustainable development, and in fields as diverse as medicine,...
PLAN-B, presented in the Beat the Big Buys podcast
Our colleague Yana Yakusina was a guest on the Sandy Rosenthal's podcast and had the opportunity to present the objectives of our project to her audience. Sandy speaks with Yana Yakushina (Ghent, Belgium) about her focus on establishing a legal framework for...
The PLAN-B piloting activities starts in Gdansk to tackle noise and light pollution
The Gadnsk Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Poland) hosted the first PLAN-B meeting to set the scientific roadmap for the piloting activities in the city. Review of Site Visit Objectives The meeting started with a discussion on overall objectives for...
Project meeting at Gdańsk Tech on April 18-19 for PLAN-B
The first project meeting at Gdańsk Tech on April 18-19 for PLAN-B (The Path towardsaddressing adverse impacts of Light and Noise pollution on terrestrial Biodiversity andecosystems), which is funded by the EU program "Horizon Europe". On 18 and 19 April, a meeting...