On November 30th, 2019, members of LIFE GRECABAT team and 12 volunteers of the program visited Cyclops’s Polyphimos Cave in Maroneia, Komotini.
All volunteers coming from Komotini, the Department of Geology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the club association "Speleology of Thessaloniki PROTEAS", explored the cave and experienced bat and invertebrate study methods (counting, photography, trapping, etc.).
LIFE GRECABAT "Greek Caves and Bats: Management Actions and Change of Attitude" organizes a two-day conference on "Caves and bats: Towards an Integrated Protection and Management " at the premises of Museum of Natural History of Crete (University of Crete) in Heraklion on December 20th, 2019. On December 21st, 2019, a tour of Agia Paraskevi's cave in Skotino will take place.
LIFE GRECABAT participated in a two-day training seminar organized by the Ierapetra-Neapoli, Lasithi Environmental Education Center on November 9th & 10th, 2019, on the topic: "Getting to Know the Sitia Geopark, its caves and educational paths".
LIFE GRECABAT "Greek Caves and bats: Management Actions and Change of Attitude" organizes on December 13th and 14th, 2019 at the premises of Ministry of Environment and Energy (119 Mesogeion Street, Athens), a two-day seminar on "Caves and Bats: Towards an Integrated Protection and Management".
A very important two-day event for LIFE programs in Greece took place on October 23rd and 24th under the initiative of the integrated LIFE-IP 4 NATURA program at Villa Kazouli.