Dark Infrastructure: an ecological network for night-time wildlife

As an upshot of the expansion of land artificialisation, artificial light at night, due to both public and private lighting, leads to the loss of natural habitats, increased habitat fragmentation and direct mortality for nocturnal species. Following the example of France’s Green and Blue Infrastructure developed mainly with a focus on diurnal species, we now need to protect and restore the good environmental status of nocturnal ecological networks, against a backdrop of ever increasing light pollution.

Summary of the following publication: Sordello R., Paquier F. and Daloz A. 2021. Trame noire, méthodologie d’élaboration et outils pour sa mise en oeuvre. Office français de la biodiversité. Collection Comprendre pour agir. 112 pages