Submitted by
David.WELCH
on Fri, 11/03/2017 - 16:39
General Information
Resolution
44150
IUCN Constituent
IUCN WCPA Urban Conservation Strategies : Network 2017-2020
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2017-2020
Period covered
Geographic scope
Global
Country/Territory
Canada
Spain
United States of America
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
IUCN Members
InterEnvironment Institute ( United States of America )
IUCN Commissions
FB17E09E-5094-E611-97F4-005056BA6623
IUCN Secretariat
No
Other non-IUCN related organisations
International Dark Sky Association, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Starlight Initiative (Spain)
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Education/Communication/Raising awareness
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Promotion of nature conservation values to astronomy-based organisations
Status
On-going
Activity
Policy influencing/advocacy
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Adoption of light pollution abatement approaches into urban and rural planning and management
Status
On-going
Describe any challenges encountered in implementing this Resolution and the measures taken
Funding issues, e.g.: failure to find funds to participate in relevant major meetings, e.g. 2014 World Parks Congress, Sydney; challenge of finding supporting funds for preparation of a best practices report.
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken
Incorporation of nature conservation and nocturnal ecology appreciation into protected area management: increasing number of protected area organisations adopt dark sky principle, but no firm numbers available.
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Education/Communication/Raising awareness
Description
Report on Dark Skies Best Practices and Guidelines report for protected areas and nature conservation
Future action / activity
Policy influencing/advocacy
Description
Continued participation with astronomy-based organizations to incorporate nature conservation into dark sky place recognition programmes.
III. Additional Information
Upload document
DSP world list.docx
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Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2017-2020