Porject ID: ROUA00346
Title: Joint protection of batsin cross border regions of Romania and Ukraine by raising environmental awareness in local communities
Acronym: BAT2LIFE
How all has been started?
2 countries 2 wills
Bats in danger
This project was born due to a negative attitude of a large group of local people in the Cross Border area toward bats. This can lead to the degradation of the natural sources, overturning the sustainability of the ecosystem in the targeted territories of Romania and Ukraine.
key elements of the ecosystem
Bats are key element of the ecosystem since they are directly responsible to the agricultural pest control (consuming insects). Due to the myths and fairy tales created by people, bats become subjects of prejudices. The extinction even of one bat species will provide enormous ecological losses and a wide scale of ecosystem collapse.
Project start date: 25 March 2025
Project end date: 25 September 2026
Who are behind the scences?
The Econsult Association
The lead partner of the project
Institute of Ecological and Religious Studies
The Ukranian Project Partner
… and of course: BATS
What we will done
Our Aims
support cross border actions
support the sustainable use of the environment in cross border regions of Romania and Ukraine
Support joint protection of bats
joint protection of bats in the frame of active conservation actions.
Inform local communities
by supporting public awareness campaign
Good practices
imparting good practices for local communities.
What Lead Us
Activities:
This project focused on the protection of bats in the targeted region,
Ecological education about bats in the cross-border region of Romania and Ukraine.
Children’s creative competition in Ukraine.
Developing a bat identification mobile application.
Developing a board game about bats.
Involving local communities by imparting good practices of bat protection.
Installing professional bat-boxes and owl sockets for local communities.
Workshops on the construction of bat-boxes and nests for owls.
Educational expeditions for the bats research for youth.
Promo video about the project.
PR campaign for social networks.
Details
If you are interested how it was inplemented, which results we had, please visit this webiste, the blog posts and galery or download our guide for free.
Conservation for Bats in Attics - Practical GUIDe
You can download for free our Guide about the best practices gathered during the conservation activities of bats, like how to build a platform on churches, preparations for cleanings, technical solutions for prevention of guano spillage, adjustment of flight entrances, importance of info panels good examples from other countries.
Bats in Myth and Reality: Do They Really Get Stuck in Our Hair?
EnglishBats have long fascinated — and sometimes frightened — people around the world. These mysterious creatures of the night are surrounded by countless myths, legends, and old wives’ tales. But how much truth is there behind these stories? One of the most common...
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Bats in Myth and Reality: Do They Really Get Stuck in Our Hair?
EnglishBats have long fascinated — and sometimes frightened — people around the world. These mysterious creatures of the night are surrounded by countless myths, legends, and old wives’ tales. But how much truth is there behind these stories? One of the most common...
Night Riders – The Bats
Bats are the only mammals capable of true flight, using their wings to actively navigate the night skies. All bat species living in Europe are insectivores, meaning they feed exclusively on insects. So, despite popular myths, you’re unlikely to encounter any vampires or blood-sucking bats swooping around Romania or Ukraine.
Bats of Romania and Ukraine: Europe’s Hidden Nightlife
Romania and Ukraine are true havens for European bats. With their vast forests, river valleys, old-growth woodlands, abundant caves, and historic buildings, these countries host an impressive variety of bat species — over 30 species in Romania and more than 28 species confirmed in Ukraine.
BAT2LIFE: A New Cross-Border Initiative for Bat Conservation in Romania and Ukraine
In March 2025, a significant step was taken towards the conservation of bat populations in the cross-border regions of Romania and Ukraine with the launch of the BAT2LIFE project. This initiative aims to protect bats by raising environmental awareness...
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Bat species in your souround
Success
Our expected results
Where you can hear about the project?
The results are disseminated by printing materials (guideline and workbook for children), by webpage and social media (FB) and by warning panels.
One of the final results
Our target groups – priest, eparchies, church administrators, NGOs, local people – will be aware about the importance of bats and their conservation. People and Bats got closer thank to the international team of Bat2LIFE project.
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