Finnish City unveils 'pollinator-safe streetlights'

James Murray
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A pollinator friendly and a conventional street light / Credit: TBWA Helsinki
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A pollinator friendly and a conventional street light / Credit: TBWA Helsinki

Lahti to host 'Night of the Pollinators' as it showcases use of new streetlights that cause less disruption for nocturnal insects

The old saying about the moth to the flame provides one of the most evocative images of how human civilisation disrupts the natural world, but now a city in Finland is exploring how it might be possible...

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