GUIA TÉCNICA ALUMBRADO EXTERIOR - ANDALUCIA (179)
Astronomy and World Heritage (2009) (145)Welcome to the Starlight Finder
Starlightfinder is an instrument designed to provide the necessary knowledge resources to defend the quality of the night sky as a scientific, cultural, and environmental resource at risk.
The recovery of the starry sky is a continuous task that concerns everyone: educators, the scientific community, public administrations, international organizations, and all actors of the civil society, following the principles and recommendations of the Starlight Declaration of 2007.
Portal of the Starlight Initiative
The final aim of the Starlight Initiative is to strengthen the importance of clear skies for humankind, emphasizing and introducing the value of this endangered heritage for science, education, culture, technological development, nature conservation, tourism and, obviously, as a quality-of-life factor.
Portal to the Heritage of Astronomy
Following the Starlight meeting held in La Palma in November 2009, members of the IAU Working Group Astronomy and World Heritage and the Starlight Initative are working together, and with the approval of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, to produce the new integrated web site for the UNESCO–IAU Astronomy and World Heritage Initiative.
IUCN Dark Sky Advisory Group
The Final Report of the Starlight Reserves Working Group (Fuerteventura, 2009) include "the establishment of a dark sky advisory group within the IUCN WCPA to support IUCN activities in relation to dark skies, promoting dark sky values where applicable to protected areas, and complementing the work of ICOMOS on heritage issues of Starlight.”
