We had three goals for attending the World Park Congress:
1) Promote a policy to minimize the use of artificial outdoor lighting in and adjacent to protected areas (Applied Scotobiology), 2) Adopt the Guidelines to Outdoor Lighting that were developed for Parks Canada (WPC E-Poster, Canadian Guidelines to Outdoor Lighting), and 3) Make attendees aware of practical solutions to reduce the impact of light on the night environment (CSbG EcoLights and our other Luminaire). |
The ecological impact of artificial light at night shall be minimized by limiting its spectrum,
brightness, extent and schedule to rational thresholds based on ecological and biological
thresholds to light.
1. Illumination that affects only the area needed to be lit.
2. Minimum practical level of illumination (brightness).
3. The colour of light should avoid blue wavelengths.
4. The illumination should be turned off when it is not needed.
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