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Identifying and Protecting Important Habitat for the Fiji Mastiff Bat and the Banks Flying Fox in Vanuatu
Grantee Name: 
Vanuatu Environmental Science Society
HOTSPOT
East Melanesian Islands
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$86,628
DATES
Apr 2020
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Dec 2021
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Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
East Melanesian Islands
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$86,628
DATES
Apr 2020
-
Dec 2021

Conduct field work to identify vital habitat for the Fiji Mastiff bat and work with communities to plan and implement conservation actions. This grant also will implement follow up conservation actions with communities to protect the Banks Flying Fox, contribute to a national plan of action for microbats, establish a national library of bat calls, and build capacity of Vanuatu conservatists in bat surveying and monitoring.

Strategic Direction: 3 Safeguard priority globally threatened species by addressing major threats and information gaps