9th November 2008
- I am pleased to announce that British American Tobacco Biodiversity Partnership has renewed funding for the Capacity Building Fellowships program for 2009. This year we are looking for three students or young researchers to join Dr Tigga Kingston's project in Malaysia from February 16th to March 15th 2009. Applications are due 7th December, and full details of the Fellowship and the Application Form are here.
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I’m delighted to say that a publication based on the findings of the SEABCRU Research Priorities forum held at the 1st International Southeast Asian Bat Conference is now available online:
Kingston, T. (2008). Research priorities for bat conservation in Southeast Asia: a consensus approach. Biodiversity and Conservation. DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9458-5. http://www.springerlink.com/content/b6516306312l687k/
Many thanks to all those that participated in the forum, and I hope you find this publication helpful. If you have any problems downloading from the Springer Website, please contact me for a pdf copy.
Tigga Kingston, SEABCRU
Texas Tech University
tigga.kingston@seabcru.org
14th October 2008
- Capacity Building Fellowships 2008
Earthwatch Institute and their Biodiversity Partners British American Tobacco brought eight young researchers from around Asia for training with Dr Tigga Kingston in Malaysia in the summer of 2008. These young bat scientists came from Vietnam, Indonesia, Taiwan, and India spent a month (two teams for a month each) with Tigga covering all the essentials of bat research (harp-trapping, mist-netting, canopy-netting, radio-tracking, sound analysis), completing a lecture series, and were trained in all of the Malaysian Bat Conservation Research Unit's education and outreach materials. The second team conducted an education workshop for members of the public in the Malaysia’s capital, Kuala Lumpur. It was a wonderful start to the program, so many thanks to BAT Biodiversity Partnership and the fellows themselves of course: Fikty Aprilinayati (Indonesia), Kanagaraj Chinnasamy (India), Vuong Tan Tu (Vietnam), Hesti Suwardi (Indonesia), Rahul Prabhukhanolkar (India), Chuan-Chia Huang (Taiwan), Taufiq Purna Nugraha (Indonesia), and Maryati (Indonesia)
- Small Grants Program
The SEABCRU Small Grants are intended to enhance research and conservation efforts focused on the four SEABCRU research priorities: taxonomy; flying fox conservation; cave bat conservation; and monitoring of forest-dependent bats.
Congratulations to the 2008 Small Grant award winners:
Pham Duc Tien (Vietnam): Assessment of Bat diversity within the Con Dao Archipelago, Southern Vietnam.
Ajim Inni Jr. (Philippines): Education for bat conservation in the Island Garden City of Sama, Davao Region, Philippines.
Ibnu Maryanto (Indonesia): Pollen identification of plants visited by fruit bats in gardens in West Java.
Harvey John D. Garcia (Philippines): Distribution and status of two island endemic flying foxes in Mindoro Occidental, Philippines.
Alma Mohagan (Philippines): Vertical stratification of bats across vegetation types in three forests in Mindanao, Philippines.
Tigga Kingston, SEABCRU
Texas Tech University
tigga.kingston@seabcru.org
16th March 2008
Greetings and welcome to the SEABCRU website. The site has been developed in response to specifications and requirements suggested by bat researchers and conservationists at the 1st South East Asian Bat Conference in Thailand last year. Essentially, it is intended as a portal for information sharing and to enable researchers to network and interact.
The layout is organized around the actitivities prioritized during the forum at the end of the SEA Bat Conference (research priorities, outreach and capacity building), but overall we have kept the formatting and layout relatively simple to minimize page load times for those with poor or slow internet connections.
As you will see, some pages are still under construction, but it is time to launch as there are several exciting opportunities immediately available:
- Capacity Building Fellowships
Ten one-month fellowships are available for students or young researchers to join Dr Tigga Kingston's project in Malaysia. Applications are due 31st March, and full details of the Fellowship and the Application Form are here.
- Small Grants Program
The SEABCRU Small Grants are intended to enhance research and conservation efforts focused on the four SEABCRU research priorities: taxonomy; flying fox conservation; cave bat conservation; and monitoring of forest-dependent bats. In 2008 we have five grants of up to $1000 each. The application deadline is 31st March, and full details of the Small Grants Program and the Application Form are here.
