For the first time in Greece, a multimedia virtual reality application was created to present the cave habitat and life in caves. The aim of this particular action was to create an alternative way to demonstrate/present cave habitat without the physical presence of visitors inside caves. Through the app, the user has the opportunity to briefly experience the joy of exploring a cave and the life it hosts.
Visit the awareness material page (https://www.lifegrecabat.eu/en/awareness-material) within our website, in order to download the leaflet and fairytale of our Programme, also to check-out our banners as well as stickers which we will
As a response to the restrictive measures following the COVID-2019 pandemic, “Proteas” Caving Club of Thessaloniki has arranged a series of web-seminars and discussions, on subjects concerning cave and mountain habitats.
With a joint notification, the Secretariats of the three international organizations (CMS, EUROBATS and AEWA) specify that for the outbreak and world spreading of COVID-19 pandemic, human activities and not bats are to be held responsible. The notification highlights that bats are on one hand necessary for human prosperity, while on the other, they are on a great extend threatened and protected by international conventions as well as the national legislation of many state-countries. The involvement of all associated Entities and citizens is deemed necessary for the prevention of misunderstandings and for the protection of wildlife.
The LIFE GRECABAT team and the co-organizers decided to postpone the two-day conference on "Caves and underground life in the Municipality of Kalavrita: Towards an integrated protection and management". The conference was scheduled to take place on March 12 & 13, 2020 at the Cave of Lakes, Kastria and the Mansion of Paleologina in Kalavrita respectively.
On Saturday 22 February 2020, LIFE GRECABAT, in collaboration with the Exhibition of the Natural History Museum of Crete, organized a Halloween event with talks and workshops with cave animal specimens, cave animal crafts and games....
Members of the LIFE GRECABAT team had the special opportunity to visit KETHEA ARIADNI in Heraklion, Crete. The visit took place on 31 January 2020, when scientists from the Natural History Museum of Crete, University of Crete and the Institute of Speleological Research of Greece spoke to the members of KETHEA ARIADNI about cave life and the natural history and ecology of bats.
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.).
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.
LIFE GRECABAT's first social message tells us about the importance and need to protect Greek caves.
