Activities carried out to promote the awareness of the importance of the conservation of bats Since 2006 tens of interviews to mass-media (TV, news-papers, radio) about bats and necessity of their conservation were given by Ukrainian bat workers and bat conservationalists. As consideration of the Law of Ukraine "On adoption of an amendment to the Agreement on the Conservation of Bats in Europe" in Ukrainian Parliament caused a big resonance in public a special press-conference was convened by bat-workers in Kiev in February 2009. The press- conference was entirely devoted to bat conservation issues. For raising public awareness of local people and speleologists for the necessity of bat conservation few posters, leaflets, and many pocket calendars calling people to be friendly to bats were issued and distributed. Other activities include special lectures for different groups (broad public, speleologists, spelestologists, students, etc.), excursions, keeping of bat web-site (xxxxxx.xxx.xx) and opened question lines (both e-mail and telephone ones).
Activities carried out to promote the awareness of the importance of the conservation of bats 7th and 8th Bat Nights were organised by the Museum of Natural History of Porto (respectively on 26th July 2003 and 17th July 2004). The events were organised in a park in the centre of the town. During the afternoon, a few dozens of children participated in several activities. After dusk, there were talks about conservation and walks in the park with bat detectors. 9th Bat Night was organised by “Câmara Municipal xx Xxxxxxxx-x-Xxxx” (Local Authority) during one week in September 2005. 489 students from 21 schools participated in several activities. 100 persons participated in evening walks with bat detectors, preceded by talks. One of the schools that took part in the events is currently developing a project on bats. Included in a project on geology, organized by “Ciência Viva”, on 24th September 2005 40 persons attend an event consisting on a walk through abandoned mining area; at sunset a demonstration of ultra-sound detectors took place during bat emergence from the mine. Fifteen talks about bat conservation were done in schools, universities and general public. Several talks and two workshops about bat conservation and ecology were presented in Conferences. Three field trips with students from a university were organised. Several articles about bats were published in magazines and newspapers.
Activities carried out to promote the awareness of the importance of the conservation of bats Bat Night 2000 was organised in two phases: (i) 5 June – A ceremony to close a project with schools organised by a NGO took place, with the presence of the Minister of Environment. 80 schools participated in this project. (ii) 22 and 23 September – Several activities were organised in Lisbon’s Castle. It included an exhibition and a circuit with 7 stops, each of them with games concerning bats. Around 500 children participated in this circuit. The event was visited by the Secretary of State of Territory Planning and Nature Conservation. Bat Night 2001 was organised by the Museum of Natural History of Porto, on 22nd September. The event was organised in a garden in the centre of the town. Some posters with several informations were placed in the garden and were left in exhibition for 2 months. There was a talk about conservation and a walk in the garden with bat detectors. During 2 months, several hundreds of children participated in several activities related to bat conservation. Bat Night 2002 was organised by the Museum of Natural History of Porto, on 29th September. The event was organised in a park in the centre of the town. During the afternoon, a few hundreds of children participated in several activities. After dusk, there was a talk about conservation and a walk in the park with bat detectors. There was also an exhibition of materials produced by schools and a slide projection; these materials were left in exhibition for 3 months. Three talks about bat ecology were presented in the 12th International Bat Research Conference. Four talks about bat ecology were presented in the 9th European Bat Research Symposium. Ten talks about bat conservation, one workshop about field methodologies and three ateliers with educational activities were done in Portuguese Conferences. Three projects on Bat Conservation organised by NGO´s were done. They included talks, ateliers and field excursions with teachers. As a mitigation measure of the construction of a big dam in Southern Portugal, an educational program was developed in 32 schools of the region, reaching a total of 1960 students between 7 and 12 years old. Pre- and post-session inquiries allowed evaluating the success of the program in terms of acquired knowledge. The results showed statistically significant improvement. Five field trips with students from primary schools and universities were organised. Four TV documentaries were produced. ...
