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WCC 2020 Res 124 - Activity Report

Submitted by Kuenda.LAZE on Fri, 09/30/2022 - 15:29
General Information
Taking action to reduce light pollution
IUCN Constituent: 
IUCN CEC East Europe, North and Central Asia 2021-2025
IUCN Constituent type: 
Period covered: 
2021
Geographic scope: 
East Europe, North and Central Asia
Country/Territory: 
Albania
In implementing this Resolution your organization has worked/consulted with...
IUCN Members: 
No other Members are/have been involved
IUCN Commissions: 
No Commissions are/have been involved
IUCN Secretariat: 
No
Implementation
Indicate and briefly describe any actions that have been carried out to implement this Resolution: 
ActionDescriptionStatus
Education/Communication/Raising awarenessI lecture "Lighting protection" to Environmental engineering master students at the Polytechnic University of Tirana, Albania. Students learned about the effects of light and lighting use on human health and living species in outdoor environments in urban areas. Students are instructed to measure lighting and compare them to European lighting standards, to calculate dioksid carbon emissions due to lighting well as well as to optimase lighting use and save it at night in outdoor environments in urban areas. Students were introduced to negative effects of lighting (pollution) on living species e.g. birds in urban areas. On-going
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken: 
Students grasped relatively new knowledge on the effects of lighting on the environment i.e., on climate that is dioksid carbon emissions due to lighting and on living species in outdoor environments in urban areas.
What challenges have you encountered in implementing this Resolution and what measures have you taken to overcome them?: 
I lecture very basic knowledge about the effects of lighting on living species in outdoor environments in urban areas. Students are more willing to learn about lighting technology.
Identify and briefly describe what future actions are planned for the implementation of this Resolution: 
Future ActionDescription
Education/Communication/Raising awarenessExamples could be incorporated about the effects of lighting pollution on living species in outdoor environments.
Additional Information
External link(s): 
Assessing public perceptions about road lighting in five neighborhoods of Tirana, Albania