Decisions 13.138 to 13.139 - Light Pollution Guidelines for Wildlife

The Secretariat shall:

a) suggest to its partners that one of the next World Migratory Bird Days should be dedicated to highlighting the effects of light pollution on migratory birds (and also taking into account its effects on bats, marine turtles, insects and other affected animals);

b) subject to the availability of resources, prepare guidelines for adoption by COP14 on how to effectively avoid and mitigate the indirect and direct negative effects of light pollution for those taxa not yet in the focus of the Guidelines for Wildlife, including Marine Turtles, Seabirds and Migratory Shorebirds taking also into account other existing guidance as relevant

The Scientific Council is requested, subject to the availability of resources, to consider these issues in its first meeting of the Sessional Committee after COP13, including suggestions regarding how World Migratory Bird Day might be used to highlight the issues associated with light pollution.