Starlight 2009 La Palma Sesion 1

A Common Heritage
The Right to Starlight

International Initiative in Defence of the Quality of the Night Sky as Mankind’s Scientific, Cultural and Environmental Right

Starlight Reserve

WHERE THE EARTH MEETS THE UNIVERSE International Workshop Session 2
	Starlight Reserves Topics • Why Starlight reserves are necessary? • Ecological integrity of natural environments: preserving natural darkness • Re-discovering Nightscapes • Starlight and Dark Sky Parks and Reserves experiences Chair: Margaret Austin Chair of the Mackenzie Tourism and Development Trust Working Party on the Tekapo Aoraki/Mt Cook Starlight Reserve Initiative. NZ.
	THE DARK SIDE OF PARKS: WHY AND HOW SHOULD NATURAL DARKNESS BE MANAGED IN PROTECTED AREAS David Welch Chair, Dark Skies Advisory Group (IUCN) Presentation (pps) THE CHALLENGE OF DOÑANA AS A STARLIGHT RESERVE Juan José Negro Vice-director of the Doñana Biological Station CSIC (Higher Council for Scientific Research - Spain) Presentation ALPINE STARLIGHT: OASIS AND RESERVE AUSTRIAN OPTIONS AND THEIR CHARACTERISATION Günther Wuchterl Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg (Germany) Kuffner-Sternwarte[.at] (Austria) Presentation FUERTEVENTURA STARLIGHT RESERVE ROADMAP Tony Gallardo Fuerteventura Biosphere Reserve Environntal Manager, Cabildo de Fuerteventura Presentation DARKSKY RESERVES, PARKS AND COMMUNITIES CONCEPT OF IDA Kim Patten & Friedel Pas International Dark Sky Association (IDA) Presentation NEW CHALLENGES FOR PROTECTED WILDLIFE AREAS IN NORTHERN CHILE: ASTRONOMICAL TOURISM AND NOCTURNAL NATURAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION. Pedro Sanhueza DIrector of OPCC (Chile) Presentation ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AND REMARKS Cipriano Marín Coordinator of the Starlight Initiative Presentation
CONFERENCE SESSIONS WEBCAST
Symbolic switching-off in Plaza de Armas (Santiago, Chile), celebrating the World Night (April 20th, 2009). OPCC-Chlile OPCC - The Office for the Protection of the Quality of the Sky of the North of Chile Focal Point of the Starlight Initiative

			PROGRAMME Where the Earth meets the Universe the International workshop “Starlight Reserves and World Heritage: Scientific, Cultural and Environment Values” was held on the island of La Palma on 9 and 10 nobiembre. Programme
			Workshop Presentations Conference Sessions WEBCAST The presentations are available in pdf format. Conference Session Webcasts will be available soon.
			STARLIGHT RESERVE Guideline Developed by Starlight Initiative (IAC) in cooperation with UNESCO-World Heritage Centre (Initiative Astronomy and World Heritage), IAU (International Astronomical Union) and the support of MaB (MaB Urban Ecology Programme of UNESCO), CIE (International Commission on Illumination), OTPC-IAC (Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias) and UNWTO (World Tourism Organization). Document (2.8 MB)
			CONCLUSIONS AND REPORT Starlight Reserves and World Heritage The International Workshop and Expert Meeting ”Starlight Reserves and World Heritage – scientific cultural and environmental values”, held in Fuerteventura, Spain, 10-11 March 2009, was attended by 35 participants and experts from 10 countries.The Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee, Ambassador Maria Jesús San Secundo, also participated in the International Workshop. Report (1 MB) More Information UNESCO-World Heritage Centre
			UNESCO World Heritage Centre Statement statement on the occasion of the International Meeting Where the Earth meets the Universe. 9-10 November 2009, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. Statement
			Astronomy and World Heritage Working Group This website contains information about UNESCO’s Astronomy and World Heritage Initiative and the activities of the IAU’s Working Group on Astronomy and World Heritage. The Working Group is collaborating with The Starlight Initiative to help preserve the natural heritage of the dark night sky. More information ...>
			IUCN's first step toward preserving natural darkness Dark Skies Advisory Group This advisory group was set up in early 2009 within the Task Force on Cities and Protected Areas of IUCN's World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA). It is chaired by David Welch, an ecosystem management and protected areas consultant based in Ottawa, Canada. More Information - Statment ...>
			World Heritage Review World Heritage and Astronomy The latest issue of UNESCO's World Heritage Review has been released, with astronomy and world heritage as its theme. The publication includes a chapter "Starlight Reserves and World Heritage: Scientific, cultural and environmental values" e-book ....>
			International Conference: ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE: ACROSS TIME AND CONTINENTS 19 - 24 August, Kazan , Russia During the opening ceremony of the International Year of Astronomy, which took place on 15 January 2009, the Director-General of UNESCO officially launched the cycle of activities "Astronomy and World Heritage: across time and continents". One of the main activities of this cycle is the International Conference on "Astronomy and World Heritage: across time and continents", hosted by the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan (Russian Federation) 19 - 24 August 2009. More Information ....>
			Starlight A Common Heritage International Conference in Defence of the Quality of the Night Sky and the Right to Observe the Stars. Publication