The overall aim is the implementation of conservation actions in 10 Natura 2000 sites in order to improve the conservation status (range, population, habitat, future prospect) of 10 selected bat species (Annexes II - IV 92/43/EEC) and of Habitat 8310 (Annex I 92/43/EEC).
The LIFE programme is the EU’s funding instrument for the environment and climate action. LIFE contributes to the implementation, updating and development of EU environmental and climate policy and laws by co-financing projects with European added value. Since its creation in 1992, LIFE has been through different funding periods.
Stretching over 18 % of the EU’s land area and almost 6 % of its marine territory, it is the largest coordinated network of protected areas in the world. It offers a haven to Europe's most valuable and threatened species and habitats.
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LIFE GRECABAT conducts iterative social-environmental research on the attitudes of stakeholders and citizens towards bats, caves, cave organisms and other underground roosting sites.
The research concerns the quantitative and qualitative assessment of attitudes and behaviors.
The questionnaire is addressed to five different groups:
The reportage by the journalist Pedro Pinto of the public Portuguese television station RTP, was aired on December 10, 2023, while the filming took place in mid-October 2023 in Crete by the journalist and his cameraman, who were guided by the LIFE GRECABAT researchers into the caves’ world, collecting information regarding the actions and the project’s results so far. In addition, Mr.
