Bat in flight- Credit E.Bowen Jones-FFI
Ever since we released the media update, we have received lots of interest from people all over the world. It was very useful as it created awareness on the bat and conservation work on the Island. As shown is some of the media coverage received
Compilation of Pemba flying fox media coverage
National Geographic News October 30 2008 Online Full page web story
Bloomberg October 30 2008 Online Full page web story
Scientific American October 30 2008 Online Small web story
World News Network October 31 2008 Online Full page web story
Edmonton Jornal (Canada) October 31 2008 Online Full page web story
SkyNews online October 31 2008 Online Full page web story
BBC Radio 4 Today show October 31 2008 Radio 10 second brief
Reuters October 31 2008 Online Small web story
TVNZ October 31 2008 Online Small web story
Tiscali October 31 2008 Online Small web story
Independent (South Africa) October 31 2008 Online Small web story
Reuters Japan October 31 2008 Online Small web story
Reuters China October 31 2008 Online Small web story
PlanetARK October 31 2008 Online Small web story
News24 October 31 2008 Online Small web story
The Globe and Mail October 31 2008 Online Small web story
Canda.com October 31 2008 Online Small web story
The US Daily October 31 2008 Online Small web story
STV No October 31 2008 Online Small web story
Javno (Croatia) October 31 2008 Online Small web story
Ecoworldly October 31 2008 Online Small web story
Daily Express October 31 2008 Print – pg 18 Small item
Cambridge Evening News October 31 2008 Print – pg14 3/4 page, large photo
BBC World Service October 31 2008 Radio Short news story
MSNBC (USA) October 31 2008 Online Small web story
ITV Anglia News October 31 2008 TV Short story
Discovery Channel (Canada) October 31 2008 TV
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire October 31 2008 Radio Short news story
BBC Online October 31 2008 Online The Big Picture
A South African filming crew that produces programmes for the German National Broadcaster, is interested in filming the bats and some people on the Island. It would be great for the Island. We hope we can manage to do this and we will be sure to post a clip on the blog!
We are also looking into forming a forum for bat monitoring covering the Western Indian Ocean. We would like all bat lovers and people directly involved in bat monitoring within this region to join us. Please email us on pembaflyingfox@gmail.com
We are attending a fruit bat workshop in Mauritius next week. All the bat people in the region and beyond will be attending. We look forward to that and will provide a short update on it!
Thank you for reading!
Glad to hear of the increased attention. Hopefully the film crew will be able to visit and capture some fantastic shots. People need to see the great diversity of life in order to appreciate it and to support conservation in general. Keep up the good work!
Habari za miaka mengi sana. What fantasic news…great to hear that the Pemba Flying Fox is thriving and the people of Pemba have embrassed their co-habitants on the island. I remember the bats and the people from my time there in 1995 and hope one day to return and see this fantastic outcome myself.
You haven’t updated the blog for a long time – please come back and let us know how things are going!