Free Bat Webinar & Online Events
This month’s #WingedWednesday webinar
Another not-to-be-missed #WingedWednesday webinar! Join Bismark Opoku on Wednesday 25 August at 15-16hrs (CET) to hear his talk on Bat Research and Conservation in Ghana to find out more about the work being carried out by Batlife in Ghana.
If you haven’t already registered for #WingedWednesday webinars, then it is easy to join up. Just go to www.batswithoutborders.org and pre-register by Tuesday. All their talks are taking place on Zoom and if you miss a talk then you can watch all of them again on their webinar page and on their YouTube channel.
Bat Fest – free online events
Also this week is International Bat Night and the 30th anniversary of the UK’s Bat Conservation Trust. They are celebrating in their free online Bat Fest Event which is starting with a ‘virtual bat walk’ taking place this Saturday, 28 August, on Facebook.
Join 60+ experts from 40 countries talking about their research work and presenting the bats they work with. There is a range of events and awards throughout next week, with children being welcome to join in, especially as they can find out how to draw bats!
No prior knowledge about bats is required and this is a unique opportunity for you and your family to learn all about bats and why they are so important to our worldwide biodiversity. Find out more at www.bats.org.uk/batfest and on their Facebook page
Have you signed The Kasanka Trust’s petition yet?
If not, there is still time to sign and comment on the petition to Save Kasanka National Park! The petition is urging the Zambian Government to immediately halt illegal activities undertaken by subsidiaries of the Lake Group in Kasanka National Park and its adjoining Kafinda Game Management Area and also to ensure that Zambia’s first wind energy plant is not an ecological disaster.
The Trust encourages the promotion of more inclusive and sustainable development that delivers food security, jobs and renewable energy to the Zambia people, but only in appropriate locations, and not in those which will not result in the destruction of the country’s natural resources, including its precious wildlife.
Please sign this petition which closes in just under a week, to urge our newly elected President Hakainde Hichilema to refuse developments that threatens Kasanka National Park, its wildlife and its local communities. You can find the petition at www.change.org and find out more about the threats that our National Park is facing on the Kasanka Trust’s Facebook Page.