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Unter Führung des Bundesverbandes für Fledermauskunde Deutschland e.V. haben einige Vereine und Verbände des Fledermausschutzes in Deutschland ein neues “Positionspapier naturverträglicher Ausbau der Windenergienutzung” erarbeitet, in dem sie die Pläne der Bundesregierung scharf kritisieren, den Windkraftausbau unter deutlicher Einsparung beim

“Da Anhang IV der FFH-Richtlinie alle Arten der Fledermäuse erfasst, bilden dieFledermäuse neben den Vögeln die wohl planungspraktisch bedeutsamste Artengruppe”, heißt es in dem neu erschienenen Werk von Andreas Lukas, Rechtsanwalt mit Schwerpunkt Artenschutzrecht. Deshalb dürfte diese Neuerscheinung für Fledermausschützer,

Former FDGB home “Fritz-Heckert” near Gernrode/Harz – mass quarters for bats, Since the political change more than 30 years ago, the gutted multi-storey building complex from the 1950s has stood empty. Since then, it has been visited by many adventurers,

The team of the project “Protection and Promotion of the Barbastelle Bat in Germany”, a cooperation of Stiftung FLEDERMAUS, Naturstiftung David, NABU Baden-Württemberg NABU Niedersachsen and the University of Greifswald, have published 2 project films. In the first film, the

The bat expert committee of the German NGO “NABU” published a new statement concerning bat-friendly installation and operation of wind turbines (in German). Hier geht es zum PDF Download.

Our friends of the Ukrainian Bat Rehabilitation Center in Kharkiv need your help! The bat rehabilitation center in the Feldman Ecopark (Bat Rehab Center) in the Ukrainian city of Charkiw/Kharkiv is probably the largest care station for bats and one

Emerging infectious diseases can become a serious threat to wildlife, a well-known example is white-nose disease, in which the cold-loving fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans attacks bats during hibernation, penetrating the skin and causing damage. In North America, the disease has already

Hibernation allows species to conserve energy and thereby bridge unfavorable environmental conditions. At the same time, hibernation imposes substantial ecological and physiological costs. Understanding how hibernation timing differs within and between species can provide insights into the underlying drivers of

Due to the globally widespread SARS coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV 2), which causes the disease Covid-19 in humans, there are still concerned questions from citizens in Germany to people working in bat protection and bat research. The reason for the concern