Regional Groups
BSG Global Network Development
BSG has a European regional group in the Co-ordinating Panel for the Conservation of Bats in Europe (or European Co-ordinating Panel - ECP) and other groups have set up. A new group is being developed in the Western Indian Ocean. Regional groups can greatly assist in developing activity towards meeting the goals of BSG and IUCN and can use instruments such as the BSG action plans, global and regional conventions or other mechanisms to assist in supporting local activity. BSG does not put particular constraints on regional groups, and those set up to date have set up independently, but each group operates as representative of the global group, and as part of its strategic plan for 2004-2008, the BSG is encouraging the formation of new regional groups.
BSG Regional Groups – Aims
1. Co-ordinating bat conservation needs and activities within the region.
2. Developing and implementing conservation action within the region with reference to: global bat action plans, international treaties, identification of centres of diversity/endemism, special threats/concerns, local priorities, any other relevant matters.
3. Providing opinion on global species list and on-going assessment of Red List categories of threat, including: submitting opinions on changes to Red List (corrections of errors (e.g. spelling, distribution) including updates resulting from new/better information, genuine changes in status, additional species, systematic changes, submitting any data to move DD species into another category (currently used for species of uncertain systematic status or provenance), advice on updating classification (especially at generic level) ,development of use of biological data for threat assessments (currently assessments made more or less entirely on distribution/no. of records; very little allowance for particular threats through habitat requirements (e.g. forest), behavioural characteristics (e.g. concentration in caves, particular foraging strategies, etc). providing information updates to Old World Fruit Bat action plan and Microbat Action Plan.
4. Seeking assistance in meeting threats of international concern.
5. Advising of success of regional initiatives and news.
6. Contributing to wider bat conservation initiatives.
BSG has a European regional group in the Co-ordinating Panel for the Conservation of Bats in Europe (or European Co-ordinating Panel - ECP) and other groups have set up. A new group is being developed in the Western Indian Ocean. Regional groups can greatly assist in developing activity towards meeting the goals of BSG and IUCN and can use instruments such as the BSG action plans, global and regional conventions or other mechanisms to assist in supporting local activity. BSG does not put particular constraints on regional groups, and those set up to date have set up independently, but each group operates as representative of the global group, and as part of its strategic plan for 2004-2008, the BSG is encouraging the formation of new regional groups.
BSG Regional Groups – Aims
1. Co-ordinating bat conservation needs and activities within the region.
2. Developing and implementing conservation action within the region with reference to: global bat action plans, international treaties, identification of centres of diversity/endemism, special threats/concerns, local priorities, any other relevant matters.
3. Providing opinion on global species list and on-going assessment of Red List categories of threat, including: submitting opinions on changes to Red List (corrections of errors (e.g. spelling, distribution) including updates resulting from new/better information, genuine changes in status, additional species, systematic changes, submitting any data to move DD species into another category (currently used for species of uncertain systematic status or provenance), advice on updating classification (especially at generic level) ,development of use of biological data for threat assessments (currently assessments made more or less entirely on distribution/no. of records; very little allowance for particular threats through habitat requirements (e.g. forest), behavioural characteristics (e.g. concentration in caves, particular foraging strategies, etc). providing information updates to Old World Fruit Bat action plan and Microbat Action Plan.
4. Seeking assistance in meeting threats of international concern.
5. Advising of success of regional initiatives and news.
6. Contributing to wider bat conservation initiatives.
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Africa
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Latin America
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Western Indian Ocean
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South Pacific
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