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2010 Global Grassroots Bat Conservation Fund
BCI is committed to supporting high-quality, grassroots bat conservation efforts outside North America. In general, we look for: habitat protection projects with significant ecological projects that teach local citizens the value of protecting bats. We are most interested in supporting local, in-country conservationists and researchers. We especially look for projects in which BCI's support will be matched by other sources.
Global Grassroots Conservation Fund grants worldwide
Current Projects receiving funding from BCI through the Global Grassroots Bat Conservation Fund include:
China (Dr. Libiao Zhang, Guangdong Entomological Institute)
Conservation of Bamboo Bat Roost Sites in South China. Comprehensive survey and analysis of roost-site characteristics of the bamboo bats (Tylonycteris pachypus and T. robustula). Roosts are currently under threat as bamboo is cut and used to pack sugar cane. Project will educate the local people and guide them in the use of replacement materials for packing sugar cane or how to select and use bamboo without slits that is therefore unusable by bats for roosts.
Indonesia (Juliarta Ottay)
Tanjung Puting Bat Inventory at the Tanjung Putting National Park. Will assess significance of bat population in the area for its role in reforestation (seed dispersal and acceleration of natural succession).
Nepal (Dr. Sanat Kumar Dhungel, The Biodiversity Research and Training Forum)
Community-based bat conservation project in the Panchase Region of Nepal. The region is an important biodiversity hotspot under threat from logging and from setting fires in caves to drive bats away so the caves can be used for livestock. These activities are resulting the loss of roosts for bats. This project will educate the local people about the value of the bats through a variety of activities while determining the distribution of bats in the area.
Vietnam (Teacher Ly Quoc Dang)
Raising awareness of students in community schools about the importance of bats and of protecting a bat pagoda site in the Soc Trang Province.
Brazil (Ana Brito Dos Santos)
Bat conservation program in Alagoas, Brazil. The Amanaie Foundation in partnership with Quantica Study and Research Center and Andira Brazil will develop environmental educational activities for children. Ana Brito dos Santos will educate about 2,100 children at schools from eight different counties about the value of bats through films, lectures, games and story-telling.
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