The second conference of LIFE GRECABAT “Caves and Bats: Towards an Integrated Protection and Management" took place on December 20th and 21st 2019 in Heraklion, Crete.
LIFE GRECABAT's conferences on public awareness and changing attitudes and behavior of stakeholders (Action C4) kicked-off last Friday in Athens!
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".
In the context of LIFE GRECABAT actions and in particular the preparation of actions A3 and C3, we selected 230 of most important bat shelters in Greece (caves, mines, buildings etc.) as well as cave habitats of Directive 92/43/EU (8310: Caves not open to the public), to be proposed as protection sites by the under progress Special Environmental Studies and the accruing Management Plans.
