Conservation Works: How persistence and dedication brought a rare bat species back from the brink
In a new assessment published earlier this year, the Livingstone’s Fruit Bat has officially been downlisted from Critically Endangered to Endangered in the IUCN Red List. This piece of good news comes after years of tireless conservation work by Dahari, an NGO based in the Comoros, in collaboration with Bat Conservation International (BCI). In this blog, I have the pleasure of interviewing BCI’s Regional Director for Africa and South Asia, Dr. Isabella Mandl, to discuss the bats’ downlisting and her experiences working with them in the Comoros.
