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The Bat Specialist Group of the IUCN Species Survival Commission (BSG) is one of a number of specialist groups formed within the Species Survival Commission (SSC) of IUCN-The World Conservation Union (IUCN). We are a collaborative multidisciplinary network of bat biologists and conservationists providing support and promoting bat conservation activities throughout the world.
Bats make up one fifth of all terrestrial mammals (1,293 species, N. Simmons 2013). They are among the most endangered of the world's creatures, primarily because much of their habitat has been eliminated by human development or because they are persecuted. Because bats are important seed dispersers and pollinators for many native plants, and key insect predators globally, their loss has serious consequences for the ecosystems to which they belong.
Bats make up one fifth of all terrestrial mammals (1,293 species, N. Simmons 2013). They are among the most endangered of the world's creatures, primarily because much of their habitat has been eliminated by human development or because they are persecuted. Because bats are important seed dispersers and pollinators for many native plants, and key insect predators globally, their loss has serious consequences for the ecosystems to which they belong.
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NEW! Volume 3 BSG Newsletter Published Aug 2017.
Features the latest news: Bat Life Europe's Bat of the Year 2017, the new bat journal Hypsugos, Kate Barlow Award, a new publication by Eurobats (Common names of bats in Europe), Special Feature articles: 4 articles on bats and climate change. Education: volunteers make valuable contribution to bat conservation in Nigeria.
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