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Comment: In-depth coverage in WP:SECONDARY sources is required. —Alalch E. 19:58, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
The Fatal Light Awareness Program (FLAP) is a Canada-based international nonprofit organization that raises public awareness about bird-building collisions, a leading cause of death for migratory birds. FLAP works with government and business partners to promote bird-safe infrastructure through community education initiatives, global research, policy development, and on-the-ground bird rescue and rehabilitation.
History[edit]
Established in 1993, FLAP began in Toronto as a grassroots community group which rescued injured birds, becoming the first organization in the world to document and to address the problem of window collisions.[1] Decades later, the Fatal Light Awareness Program has become an international leader in migratory bird conservation in man-made environments, informing policy decisions and the development of guidelines for bird-safe infrastructure.
FLAP still currently operates in the Toronto area and is run primarily by volunteers. Over the past 30 years, FLAP volunteers have identified and recovered hundreds of thousands of birds of more than 150 different species[2], including species at risk and endangered.
Programs[edit]
-BirdSafe app- uses algorithm to calculate threat ratings for buildings and make site-specific suggestions for collision reduction
-The Global Bird Collision Mapper, a citizen-science project in which volunteers can report bird-building collisions by location and species on an interactive map.
-In 1996, a report published by the Fatal Light Awareness Program and the WWF-Canada entitled Collision Course: The Hazards of Lighted Structures and Windows to Migrating Birds marked the first ornithologist assessment of bird-building collisions in Canada.[3]
-Global Bird Rescue, a yearly event in which individuals and teams of volunteers recover and document fallen birds to raise awareness and collect local data.
-The Bird-Friendly Building Program, created in collaboration with the WWF, which lead Toronto to become the first city to establish bird-friendly development guidelines in the year 2007, with many other cities in North America following suit.[4] In 2010, these guidelines became mandatory for all new construction projects in Canada.[5]
External Links[edit]
- Fatal Light Awareness Program (FLAP) Homepage
- Summary Report on the Bird Friendly Building Program: Effect of Light Reduction on Collision of Migratory Birds
References[edit]
- ^ "Existing Lights Out Programs | Audubon". www.audubon.org. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
- ^ Tatro, Kaitlyn (2020). "Light Energy: Our Wasted Resource". Consilience (22): 65–72. ISSN 1948-3074.
- ^ "Collision Course". WWF.CA. 2011-08-24. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
- ^ "Bird-Friendly Guidelines". City of Toronto. 2017-09-07. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
- ^ "Threats to Birds: Collisions-Buildings & Glass | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service". www.fws.gov. 2021-12-02. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
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