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Contents below:

     · General information

       · Maps

         · Events

           · Institutions

                  ~ International organizations

                  ~ Government

                  ~ Research

                  ~ NGOs

             · Select readings

General information

Let's talk about light pollution [UBC blog]

Light pollution @ Globe at Night

Light pollution @ National Geographic

Light pollution and why it matters @ Hill Country Alliance

Lighting @ Bat Conservation Trust

The Problems of Light Pollution @ Florida Atlantic University Astronomical Observatory

Why Light Pollution Matters and What We Can Do about It @ Massachusetts Medical Society

Wikipedia

     Dark-sky preserve

     Light pollution

Initiative for an international association of dark-sky parks

     · Main page last updated in 2015, although its List of Dark Sky Places was updated in 2025.

LightPollution.it

     · Last updated 2006

Bibliographies

Ecological Consequences of Artificial Night Lighting: Bibliography @ Urban Wildlands Group

     · Dated, but useful historical annotated references

Reference List on light pollution @ LightPollution.it

Maps

International Dark Sky Places @ Dark Sky International

Light Pollution Map

Events

Great Lakes Aurora Dark Sky Jamboree (GLAD Jam)

Institutions

~ International organizations ~

IUCN

     The world at night (WCPA report)

     Taking action to reduce light pollution [motion]

~ Government ~

Dark Skies Initiative @ USFWS

Light pollution @ Australian government

~ Research ~

Community Noise Lab

~ NGOs ~

Audubon

     Lights out

DarkSky International

     · Formerly the International Dark Sky Association

Quiet Parks International

Sea Turtle Conservancy

     Information About Sea Turtles: Threats from Artificial Lighting

Select readings

Introduction of artificial light at night increases the abundance of predators, scavengers, and parasites in arthropod communities.

     · 2023

     · Brown, Jeffrey A, Julie L Lockwood, Max R Piana, and Caroline Beardsley

     · Iscience 26, no. 3

Environmental impacts of artificial light at night  

     · 2022

     · Gaston, Kevin J., & Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel

     · Annual Review of Environment and Resources 47, 373-398.