Bats

Hunting of endemic Rousettus fruit bats in Madagascar: the demand for bushmeat, the impact on bat populations and the socioeconomic context

This project will provide important data on the demand for bushmeat and the impact of hunting on the endemic threatened Malagasy fruit bat Rousettus madagascariensis.

CONSERVATION ACTION OF THE BAT SPECIES AT SOATÁ.

This project aims to promote bat conservation in Soatá by to determine species diversity and population structure, assessing the principal threats to the bat population, drawing up conservation recommendations.

Contribution to the knowledge of fruit bats of the southern Cameroon rainforest: implication for seed dispersal and forest conservation.

The overall aims of this project are to study and evaluate the role of fruit bats as keystone species in plant-animal interaction in the southern Cameroon rainforest.

Frugivorous Bats and Collpas: Activity Hotspots as Conservation Priorities for the Rainforests of Southeastern Peru

This project aims to determine patterns of use of collpas –also called mineral licks– by frugivorous bats, the potential reasons for this behaviour, and the importance of these places in Peruvian Amazon.

Status survey and conservation education campaign – a community participation approach to protect bats in Thar Desert.

The project aims to investigate the current status of chiropteran diversity and undertake a conservation education campaign to save the bats in Jodhpur district of the Thar desert in Rajasthan state of India, through community participation.

Community Participation programme for the conservation of threatened bat species and rehabilitation of their destroyed habitats, roosts and caves in Mpumalanga region, South Africa.

The overall aim of this project is to address the drastic decline of the bat populations in the Pumalanga gold mine abandoned caves where their habitats, roosts and caves are being destroyed and vandalised.

A CAVE FAUNA OF JAVA : THE DIVERSITY AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO KARST CONSERVATION

The project’s aims are to explore and study the cave fauna focusing on cave arthropods and bats, to build a baseline data and to promote the importance of cave fauna for karst conservation.

Conservation of Cave Fauna in the Na Hang / Ba Be Karst Complex, Vietnam.

This project arises from the recent recognition that cave communities within the NH/BB karst complex are seriously threatened by disturbance and inappropriate management and urgently require conservation measures. It aims to respond by establishing a programme for conservation of cave fauna and bat communities within the complex.

Roost location and protection using Indigenous communities in the Nicobar Group of Islands, India.

This project is an ecological initiative involving indigenous communities of the Nicobar Islands, India. It aims at conserving the endemic Nicobar flying fox or Tayam Peh from hunting pressure and current forest practices in the Nicobar Islands.

Bat population status survey in the Ukrainian Carpathians Mts.

Our project is intended to play an important catalytic role by developing information that provides a synthetic overview of bat status and trends, and summarized information and conservation needs.