Action: Engage policymakers to make policy changes beneficial to bats

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We found no studies that evaluated the effects of engaging policymakers to make policy changes beneficial to bats or human behaviours directly beneficial to bats.

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Raising awareness amongst policymakers of the need for bat conservation may result in improved legal protection of bats and bat habitats.

Please cite as:

Berthinussen, A., Richardson O.C. and Altringham J.D. (2019) Bat Conservation. Pages 67-140 in: W.J. Sutherland, L.V. Dicks, N. Ockendon, S.O. Petrovan & R.K. Smith (eds) What Works in Conservation 2019. Open Book Publishers, Cambridge, UK.

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Action: Engage policymakers to make policy changes beneficial to bats

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