Bat Conservation International

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Bat Conservation International
Bat Conservation International Inc.
AbbreviationBCI
FormationOctober 2, 1982;40 years ago (1982-10-02)
Founder Merlin D. Tuttle [1]
Type Charitable trust
74-2553144
Legal status 501(c)(3)
Focus Environmentalism, Conservation
Headquarters Austin, Texas
Origins Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Region
Worldwide
Board Chair
Charles Chester, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Mike Daulton
Charles Chester, Ph.D.; Gary Dreyzin; Gerald Carter, Ph.D.; Ann George; Brock Fenton, Ph.D.; Dr. Shahroukh Mistry; Jenn Stephens, MBA; Nancy Simmons, Ph.D.; Andy Sansom, Ph.D.; Maria Mathis-Kruser; George 'Timo' Hixon; Alexander R. (Sandy) Read; Donald R. Kendall, Jr., MBA; Eileen Arbues; Roger Still
Website https://www.batcon.org/

Bat Conservation International (BCI) is an international nongovernmental organization working to conserve bats and their habitats through conservation, education, and research efforts.

Contents

BCI was founded in 1982 by bat biologist Merlin Tuttle, who led the organization until his retirement in 2009. [2] Since its establishment, BCI has formed partnerships with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and many national and international agencies and nonprofits, and has produced publications, workshops, scholarships, and research, and site-specific projects in the US and internationally. BCI employs a staff of 30 biologists, educators, and administrators and has members in 60 countries.

Conservation strategies

BCI operates by its "10 critical conservation strategies": 1) Accelerating scientific research 2) Preventing extinction 3) Protecting intact areas with highly diverse bat communities 4) Preserving megapopulations of bats 5) Creating global and regional partnerships 6) Addressing threats impacting multiple species at multiple sites 7) Promoting community-based bat conservation 8) Creating and enforcing legal and policy frameworks 9) Developing and perfecting important technology 10) Investing in future conservation leadership [3]

Addressing serious threats

BCI funds and participates in research to mitigate damage to bat populations. Some of the threats previously or currently addressed include:

Protecting megapopulations

Being colonial, many bat species form colonies that can consist of millions of individuals. [5] Because some bat species are highly aggregated, entire species can be threatened by disturbance to a small number of roosts. [6] BCI seeks to protect these roosts of high aggregations, or "mega-populations." [4] Some ways that BCI works to protect megapopulations are:

Preventing extinction

In their 2014–2018 Strategic Plan, BCI identified 35 critically endangered or endangered species of bats as priority species that will receive a concentrated focus of research and conservation efforts to hopefully prevent their extinction. [4] BCI is also a member of the Alliance for Zero Extinction, which seeks to safeguard the last habitats of critically endangered species. [3]

In 2022, Bat Conservation International (BCI) has employed the use of high accuracy workflow via GIS (Global Information System) to survey abandoned mines in New Mexico. [9] They survey habitats that can support favorable conditions (right moisture and temperature, absence of predators, and other factors); protecting habitats helps the native population of bats to avoid extinction. BCI has a team of 30 employees who manages the preservation of 35 endangered bat species with 3 species endemic to the United States. In conjunction with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and other government regional land management organizations, BCI collects data to locate these sites. Moreover, topographical maps provided by the USGS (United States Geological Service) and two Arrow 100 Global Navigation satellites System (GNSS) have been used to navigate terrains and locate entrances or gateways to prospective abandon mines that can be used by the bat populations. Sites are then evaluated by using Survey123 ( a data collection application) to analyze and disseminate data (temperature, humidity, guano concentrations that determines concentration of food sources, etc.). 785 mines in the vicinity of Palomas Gap, Timber Mountain, Rincon Basin, Burbank Canyon, and Brushy Mountain have been selected by the BCI team as candidate locations. As reported from the ArcNews Winter 2022 issue, BCI has completed evaluating about 308 sites that yielded 8 habitats with evidence of bat activity.

Common nameSpecies nameIUCN conservation status Range
Indiana bat Myotis sodalis NT (formerly EN) [10] Eastern U.S.
Florida bonneted bat Eumops floridanus VU (formerly CR) [11] Southern Florida
Greater long-nosed bat Leptonycteris nivalisEN [12] Southwest U.S., Mexico
Jamaican greater funnel-eared bat Natalus jamaicensisCR [13] Jamaica
Paraguana moustached bat Pteronotus paraguanensisEN [14] Venezuela
Fernandez's sword-nosed bat Lonchorhina fernandeziEN [15] Venezuela
Marinkelle's sword-nosed bat Lonchorhina marinkelleiVU (formerly EN) [16] Colombia
Choco broad-nosed bat Platyrrhinus chocoensisVU (formerly EN) [17] Panama, Colombia, Ecuador
Ecuadorian sac-winged bat Balantiopteryx infuscaVU (formerly EN) [18] Ecuador, Colombia
Smokey bat Amorphochilus schnabliiVU (formerly EN) [19] Ecuador, Chile
Lesser yellow-shouldered bat Sturnira nanaEN [20] Peru, Ecuador
Lamotte's roundleaf bat Hipposideros lamotteiCR [21] Border of Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea
Maclaud's horseshoe bat Rhinolophus maclaudiEN [22] Guinea
Ziama horseshoe bat Rhinolophus ziamaEN [23] Guinea, Liberia
Hill's horseshoe bat Rhinolophus hilli CR [24] Rwanda
Rodrigues flying fox Pteropus rodricensisCR [25] Rodrigues
Seychelles sheath-tailed bat Coleura seychellensisCR [26] Seychelles
Golden-crowned flying fox Acerodon jubatusEN [27] The Philippines
Philippine bare-backed fruit bat Dobsonia chapmani CR [28] The Philippines
Marianas flying fox Pteropus mariannusEN [29] Northern Mariana Islands, Guam
Chuuk flying fox*Pteropus insularis NE (formerly CR) [30] Micronesia
Pacific sheath-tailed bat Emballonura semicaudataEN [31] American Samoa, Fiji, Micronesia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Samoa, Tonga
Bulmer's fruit bat Aproteles bulmeraeCR [32] Papua New Guinea
New Guinea big-eared bat Pharotis imogeneCR [33] Papua New Guinea
Bougainville monkey-faced bat Pteralopex ancepsEN [34] Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands
Greater monkey-faced bat Pteralopex flanneryiCR [35] Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands
Guadalcanal monkey-faced bat Pteralopex atrataEN [36] Solomon Islands
Makira flying fox Pteropus cognatusEN [37] Solomon Islands
Montane monkey-faced bat Pteralopex pulchraCR [38] Solomon Islands
New Georgia monkey-faced bat Pteralopex takiEN [39] Solomon Islands
Temotu flying fox Pteropus nitendiensisEN [40] Solomon Islands
Vanikoro flying fox Pteropus tuberculatusCR [41] Solomon Islands
Banks flying fox Pteropus fundatusEN [42] Vanuatu
Fijian monkey-faced bat Mirimiri acrodontaCR [43] Fiji
Fijian mastiff bat Chaerephon bregullaeEN [44] Fiji, Vanuatu

Political advocacy

In addition to promoting scientific research on bats and their conservation, BCI is also involved in public policy. BCI announces opposition to legislation to mobilize its members against it, such as with Pennsylvania House Bill 1576, which would have changed how threatened and endangered species are protected in the state. [4] In the future, BCI plans to increase its engagement in legislative and policy efforts to conserve bats. [3]

See also

External audio
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