The LIFE GRECABAT project is conducting the first social-environmental baseline survey on the attitudes of different stakeholders and citizens towards bats, caves and cave organisms.
This survey aims to quantitatively and qualitatively assess the beliefs, attitudes and behaviours of specific population groups in the project areas and to assess their willingness to support conservation and management actions.
Thus, the questionaries that prepared are:
• (Q01) - Cave managers (employees and executives of management bodies, local authorities, municipal enterprises, etc.)
• (Q02) - Specialised visitors to the caves (archaeologists, biologists, geologists, speleologists etc.)
• (Q03) - Tourism professionals
• (Q04) - General population
• (Q05A) - Visitors/Tourists of the caves (Greeks)
• (Q05B) - Cave Visitors/Tourists (Foreigners)
• Interview questionnaire
Information event about bats and their importance, walking to observe and hear them
The implementation of a data logging prototype for caves (air, humidity, soil and image) commenced. The first system is already installed and the evaluation tests for sensors’ functionality have already begun.
Today, bats have had a field day.
The LIFE GRECABAT project participates in the 1st International Bat Night, taking place in Greece on 22th of September, 7:00 p.m., at the Amphitheatre of Peristeri Municipality, Athens.