Hello Bat Friends!
Category: Bats | Date: Oct 04 2007 | By: admin
Jambo! Welcome to our Nature Trail! My name is Said Juma, I’m the Chief Forest Officer on Pemba Island. This is a blog about our wonderful island in Tanzania, its people, their culture and their conservation efforts. And of course the Pemba Flying Foxes that the community’s has been protecting and monitoring. The Pemba Flying Fox is a fruit bat endemic to Pemba. The bat was listed as critically endangered until earlier this year when and it moved to the status of ‘vulnerable’ by the IUCN. I will tell you more about how the community successfully brought this species back from the brink of extinction in this blog!
The Pemba people are warm who have a committed themselves to protecting their Island. So far, they have been actively involved in protecting the two remaining tracts of forests on the Island that the bats depend on and that were threatened by clove plantations. The community actively guards the forest and is eradicating an invasive species known as Maesospsi eminii which hinders the growth of other indigenous species. Karibu to our news!
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5 Responses to “Hello Bat Friends!”
Christine C., on 04 Oct 2007
Said — I am very excited about this blog…I recently have become enamored with bats in trying to understand the ones that fly around my property (particularly the pool at dusk!). In the process of my “research” I have found that bats are lovely little creatures that are greatly misunderstood…so, welcome and I look forward to hearing about (and seeing) your flying foxes!
F. J. PECHIR, on 04 Oct 2007
Thank you Said for this interesting comments. I love bats and look forward to read much moore on your great job there!
Heather V., on 04 Oct 2007
Ahsante sana! I look forward to hearing more about the island and of course, the bats!
Sincerely,
Heather V.
Christina/San Diego,CA, on 16 Oct 2007
The Pemba people have set the perfect example for the rest of the world to follow in the way they are saving their wildlife.
I love your bats! They are so beautiful. =)
Thank you for all your efforts in bringing them back from the brink!
I look forward to reading your blogs.
pembaflyingfox, on 16 Oct 2007
Thank you all for your comments. I will write very soon, still trying to get around blogging!
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