Despite their contribution to regional biodiversity, their ecological and economic importance, and their imperiled status, public awareness of the conservation and economic value of bats in South East Asia is extremely low, and myths and prejudice abound. Consequently one of the objectives of the SEABCRU is to facilitate the development and implementation of outreach programs.

Because of the cultural diversity of SE Asia, the SEABCRU does not intend to design a regional outreach program. Rather we make available materials developed by individual initiatives from member countries. The similarities among taxa and the key conservation issues across the region are such that outreach workers should have relatively little difficulty adapting materials to their specific locality. Currently we have materials developed by the Malaysian Bat Conservation Research Unit (MBCRU) available for download and will soon make available those from Singapore and the Philippines.

This is a cooperative venture – if you have materials that you would like to share please contact us!