1991 - 2006. EUROBATS celebrates its 15th anniversary

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82 EUROBATS Publication Series No 1 Countries in charge in the early stages of planning. When building renovations or construction works are intended, it is essential that the possible or actual presence of bats be taken into account. Unfortunately, this has so far not been the practice of the official bodies responsible in Romania for providing permits for such operations and ensuring the submission of environmental impact assessments. Abigel Szodoray-Paradi Romanian Bat Protection Association E-mail: batprotection@datec.ro
1991-2006 • EUROBATS celebrates its 15 th anniversary Observing EUROBATS from the * Republic of Serbia — bat study and conservation in a non-Party range state by Branko Karapandza, Milan Paunovic, Jelena Ducic Since modern faunistic studies began in the middle of the 19 th century, there has been awareness in Serbia of the need to protect and conserve wild- life. Although some attention was paid to bats, they remained for some time in the shadow of other, more charismatic groups. Nevertheless, there has been a long tradi- tion here of bat studies and efforts at bat conservation. Thirty bat species from three families (Rhinolophidae, Vespertilionidae and Molossidae) have been recorded (five more are expected to be confirmed soon), as well as more than 30 roosting sites and 160 other ‘bat’ localities. Thus the basis for more systematic study and conservation of bats was established well before the EURO- BATS Agreement. Hence, with regard to many aspects of bat studies and conservation, Serbia’s accession to membership of EUROBATS has been in preparation for quite a while, despite the ongoing economic and political difficulties of system transition to separate political status for the two members of the dual entity and although not yet a Party to the Agreement, Serbia is making an effort to contribute to various EUROBATS activities, and in return EUROBATS contributes to bat studies and conservation activities in This article includes information about activities in the Republic of Montenegro from 2003-2006. Serbia . Whilst appreciating the contribution of earlier generations of bat workers and conservationists, as well as retaining a commitment to international cooperation and integration processes now going forward in Europe, we would like to give an idea of the background, current state and prospects of bat studies and conservation from the perspective of Serbia . Historical background – 150 years of bat studies and conservation The founder of modern zoology (and botany) in Serbia was Dr Josif Pancic (Savic 1977). From the middle of the 19th century, studies for a number of mammal groups (as well as plant groups) (Savic 1977, Miric 1979) were carried out by Pancic and his students. They were also responsible during the second half of the 19th century for collecting the first sets of scientific data on bats in Serbia . The name of Dr. Lazar Dokic stands out especially for producing the first overview of the mammal fauna of Serbia, including 20 bat species (Dokic 1883). However, bat studies were sporadic until 19 4, when Dr. Dorde Miric became a curator of the mammal collection at the Natural History Museum in Belgrade. He brought with him a more intensive and systematic method of bat research; this is reflected in the fact that he founded bat banding, bat 83
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Foreword 15 years of EUROBATS, a mo
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