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World Migratory Bird Day Global Light Pollution Webinars

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In the run-up to the second peak-day of World Migratory Bird Day 2022 coming up on Saturday, 8th of October – we are delighted to have been able to conduct two webinars on the this year’s theme of light pollution.Together with our partners, we were able to offer two World Migratory Bird Day Global Light Pollution Webinars – with the first one providing a general overview of the impact of light pollution (held at 5 pm CET on Thursday, 6 October),  and a second webinar looking at solutions and policies aiming to address light pollution (held at 9 am CET Friday, 7 October) .
 
The full video recordings of both webinars will be added below as soon as possible:

  1.    “Overview of Light Pollution Impact” (You Tube Link: English | Español Webinar held on Thursday, 6 October 2022, at 11 am New York Time /5pm Bonn Time/ 1am Canberra Time (7th October Canberra time).
  2.    “Solutions and Policies to tackle Light Pollution” (YouTube Link: English | Español Webinar held on Friday, 7 October, 2022, at 3am New York Time/9am Bonn Time/5pm Canberra time).

The following speakers gave presentations at the two webinars:

  • Dr. Travis Longcore, Associate Adjunct Professor at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
  • Dr. Jeffrey Buler, Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware
  • Judy Pollock, president of Chicago Audubon Society
  • Caesar San Miguel, Senior Policy Officer at the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water of the Australian Government
  • Ivo Tejeda, Director of the Network of the Red de Observadores de Aves y Vida Silvestre
  • Marco Barbieri, Scientific and Technical Officer at the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS)

Overview of Light Pollution Impact

Overview of Light Pollution Impact (You Tube Link: English | Español Webinar held on Thursday, 6 October 2022, at 11 am New York Time /5pm Bonn Time/ 1am Canberra Time (7th October Canberra time).

 

Solutions and Policies to tackle Light Pollution

Solutions and Policies to tackle Light Pollution (YouTube Link: English | Español Webinar held on Friday, 7 October, 2022, at 3am New York Time/9am Bonn Time/5pm Canberra time).