Every autumn, Corvo Island in thre Azores turns off its public lighting for a few key days to help fledgling Cory’s shearwaters as they attempt to fly to the ocean guided by the stars
Once a year, Corvo, the smallest and most northerly island of Portugal’s Azores archipelago, goes dark. Since 2019, the island’s 450 or so inhabitants have chosen to switch off the lights every autumn for five nights to tackle the disastrous effects of artificial light on Cory’s shearwaters, a seabird endemic to the Atlantic Ocean.
It began in 1991 when the community noticed huge numbers of deaths among young shearwaters.
A newborn Cory’s shearwater chick
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PARIJS (ANP/AFP) - De Franse politie heeft tijdens de demonstraties van zaterdag 1314 mensen aangehouden, meldt het ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken. Daarnaast raakten 53 agenten gewond bij confrontaties en werden 24 winkels geplunderd.
Rond de massale demonstraties tegen onder meer de stijgende kosten van het levensonderhoud vonden ongeregeldheden plaats. De politie kwam in meerdere steden in actie. Minister van Binnenlandse Zaken Laurent Nuñez verklaarde zaterdag dat de meeste demonstraties goed waren verlopen. Volgens zijn ministerie verliep de nacht "rustig".
Een week eerder werden ook grote demonstraties gehouden, maar vonden tevens grote rellen en plunderingen plaats. De Franse autoriteiten zetten onder meer extra agenten in en troffen andere maatregelen om een herhaling van de geweldsuitbarsting te voorkomen.
