Light and noise pollution issues in music festival in Poland

by PLAN-B | Sep 30, 2024 | blog

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...

[The PLAN-B Network] The Darker Sky Project Overview of its First Year

by PLAN-B | Sep 30, 2024 | blog, clustering activities, PLAN-B Network

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  

by PLAN-B | Sep 27, 2024 | blog, clustering activities

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...

[The PLAN-B Network] Meet the AquaPLAN project

by PLAN-B | Sep 26, 2024 | blog, PLAN-B Network

We dedicate our space to present initiatives and sister projects that work with us to tackle noise and light pollution in our ecosystems. This is the case of AquaPLAN, whose efforts are aimed at understanding and controlling the effects of pollution in marine...

[26/09/2024 Workshop] Citizen Science App presentation

by PLAN-B | Sep 24, 2024 | blog, clustering activities

A key component of the PLAN-B project involves citizen science activities aimed at understanding artificial light at night (ALAN) levels and contributing this data to our light pollution map of Europe. Citizen Science App presentation Online Workshop – Link to...

The PLAN-B first recap: 9 months of work so far to tackle light and noise pollution

by PLAN-B | Sep 10, 2024 | blog, consortium, research

At PLAN-B, we have laid the foundations for research aimed at better understanding the impacts of light and noise pollution on terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystem services. We have proceeded with the mapping of these pollutants and conducted an in-depth study of...