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Close-up of black monkey with brown eyes.
Endangered Bougainville monkey-faced bat (Pteralopex anceps).
© David L. Walden/Bat Conservation International
Bats of Bougainville: Completing the Free, Prior and Informed Consent Process Prior to Initiating a Bat Conservation and Development Program
Grantee Name: 
Bat Conservation International
HOTSPOT
East Melanesian Islands
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$15,000
DATES
Oct 2014
-
Sep 2015
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Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
East Melanesian Islands
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$15,000
DATES
Oct 2014
-
Sep 2015

Lay the foundation for a long-term, locally driven and culturally sensitive effort of bat conservation by completing the Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) process with the indigenous landowners who control the roosting and habitat areas for the greater monkey-faced bat (Pteralopex flanneryi) and the Bougainville monkey-faced bat (Pteralopex anceps), two species threatened by bushmeat hunting and agricultural land conversion. Neither of these species has been recorded on Bougainville, an autonomous region in Papua New Guinea, since 1968, but hope remains that targeted survey efforts will discover extant colonies, roost sites and foraging areas.

Strategic Direction: 1 Empower local communities to protect and manage globally significant biodiversity at priority Key Biodiversity Areas under-served by current conservation efforts