Amanda M. Adams

Hello! I'm Amanda, an #actuallivingscientist studying #bats & echolocation around the world. Support research and conservation!

@BatConIntl #OneHealth Research Scientist Dr. Luz de Wit warns that the unsustainable wildlife trade poses a zoonotic risk. However, the Conservation, Health, and Trade Risk Prioritization Risk Index is a tool to help focus efforts and conserve species @ICCB2023

@CmMontauban, @BatConIntl #BCIScholar, shares the importance of #bats, such as consuming crop pests and disease vectors (mosquitoes!) in Ghana, and our need to protect forests so that we can conserve our bats @ICCB2023

@rachelneugarten @ICCB2023 calls attention to the lack of evidence from research never written up or submitted, or the tragedy of publication bias for positive results. Share your failures! Generate @ConservEvidence! Look for opportunities to experiment and learn from everything

@FrickWinifred @teague_o @BatConIntl proud to be @ConservEvidence Champions!

@UN Sustainable Development Goals are so interconnected, they may result in conflicting interactions. The Beacon Project studies the tradeoffs of hydropower among different #SDGs. This a great model for how to study the conflicts and find compromises. @ICCB2023 @BatConIntl

Here is her open access chapter on Transforming Practice. Wonderful that @BatConIntl and some other organisations have flipped to being evidence based. We seem close to a tipping point where is just become unacceptable not to reflect on the evidence. openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647…

I continue to be impressed with @FrickWinifred, adapting to technical difficulties and giving a stellar talk with or without slides.

@FrickWinifred sharing the global work and strategies of @BatConIntl with @ICCB2023. Esp protecting endangered #bats in caves, like in Jamaica batcon.org/for-the-love-o…

Matthew McKown @CMI_SantaCruz shares the secrets of how to study under/unrepresented species in acoustic reference libraries. How do we find it if we don't know what it sounds like? How the critically endangered Lamotte's roundleaf #bat was found...@BatConIntl @ICCB2023

@mak2kofi showed the value of camera traps as a powerful monitoring tool in the hands of staff in protected areas. An advantage of camera trapping is getting data on species distributions and occupancy across parks, even new species records! @ICCB2023

Carly Batist sharing the incredible work @RainforestCx is pioneering across the global with acoustic monitoring. In Sumatra they have a wealth of data showing that birds respond positively forest restoration! @ICCB2023

@ICCB2023 Biodiversity Inventory, Monitoring, & Mapping getting started soon in MH2. Come learn about techniques for #bats, birds, snails...camera trapping, acoustic monitoring, and more!

Announcing @BatConIntl and @USFWSIntl collaboration on #bat #conservation and #OneHealth with MENTOR-Bat in Colombia, Cameron, Indonesia. Applications for fellows in each country will open in Sept 2023 @ICCB2023

Just wrapped up the presentations on Advancing #Bat #Conservation in Africa by six of the top bat researchers across Africa @ICCB2023! Join us for the round table discussion in MK2 now! @BatConIntl @African_Bat

Today is Endangered Species Day! The Northern long-eared #bat only gained the protection of the Endangered Species Act in March 2023, and this species is being attacked. The House will soon vote to remove the protections. batcon.org/defend-the-end…

Check out this interesting paper! Caves are important to many species of #bats, but bats also impact the caves Great photos in the paper. #PLOSONE Bats as ecosystem engineers in iron ore caves in the Carajás National Forest Brazilhttps://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267870

"There is no need to fear bats, but there is an obligation to help them since there are ramifications for our ecosystem and economy if they disappear completely." @FrickWinifred @BatConIntl theweathernetwork.com/en/news/previe…

Check out this exciting new paper on sampling bats with eDNA!

Happy #BatAppreciationDay! I am so excited to share the first-ever State of the Bats report! This is the first product from the North American Bat Conservation Alliance (NABCA), which includes @USFWS @USFWS_WNS @USGS @environmentca @Conabio @UNAM_MX @wbwgorg @BatConIntl & more

🦇What do you love most about bats? #BatAppreciationDay