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📢Job opportunity with Ferney Ltd for the position of Conservation Project Manager. More info ⬇️ With @NatureYetu we look forward to collaborate on this project. 🌳 Share among your network #mauritius #conservation

#fielddiaries Leaves in #nature can have a weird look due to galls. They are bumps on the leave surface caused by insects/ other organisms. Many of these insects are species specific. Here are typical galls found on leaves of the #Mauritian black ebony ⬇️ 📸@clbaider

#fielddiaries with @Tropical_IBEC Checkout @AshmiBiologist busy placing audiomoths (a sound recording device used to monitor wildlife) to assess the landscape use of #microbats in #Mauritius #WomenInSTEM #biodiversity #islandbiodiversity #ConservationBiology 📸 @clbaider

@Malik_OEDIN @Tropical_IBEC @geetikabhanda @AshmiBiologist Do you have an idea of why there is no litchi? Climatic factors?

@NatureYetu @Tropical_IBEC @geetikabhanda @AshmiBiologist Same problems in New Caledonia but no lechis this year so no conflicts with flying foxes I hope 🤞🦇

#fielddiaries with @Tropical_IBEC @geetikabhanda & @AshmiBiologist busy collecting data in a Mauritian orchard as part of Geetika's research. The latter is looking at effective non-lethal deterrants to mitigate human-bat conflict. 🦇🍒🌳 #ConservationOptimism #Mauritius #Bats

One more hectare surveyed! The one with high number of plants and rough terrain. Project about carbon sequestration of #Mauritius forests funded by @AFD_France. Women power was imperative @AshmiBiologist @geetikabhanda and others working and volunteering at @Tropical_IBEC

#fielddiaries Ecosystem restoration: ✅is not about tree plantation ✅includes removal of invasive plants ✅is not focused on 1 species but benefit different groups of plants & animals & the interactions between them 📸@clbaider & @LFabiolaMonty #ConservationOptimism

With our last post for #BatWeek, We bring the spotlight to another great young scientist 🧵 1/2 @geetikabhanda is looking at solutions to mitigate human-bat conflict but find out more on her research directly from her in this short video ⬇️ #mauritius #ConservationOptimism

We can all agree that there's hope for the Mauritian flying fox as she brings more light on those win-win solutions for fruit growers & bats. 🦇🌳🥭 🧵 2/2 Keep up with Geetika's research & future findings here ⬇️ researchgate.net/profile/Geetik…

Ashmi is also part of the @globalsouthbats since 2020 following the network's first course in Kenya 🧵 3/3 Find out more from Ashmi herself ⬇️ medium.com/people-meet-na…

Fruit bats have garnered global attention the past few years but microbats like the Endemic & Endangered Mauritian free-tailed bats remain overlooked and understudied thus the value of her current research on the species 🧵 2/3 researchgate.net/publication/35… 📸 Shillah Bunsy

#BatWeek🦇 Meet another amazing @Tropical_IBEC researcher 🧵 1/3 @AshmiBiologist is no doubt the first #Mauritian bat specialist and she is a dedicated advocate for biodiversity as seen on this radio show earlier this year⬇️ facebook.com/10006388468949… 📸 Vincent Florens

His latest paper highlights that the species prefers to forage in lower-elevation forests & restoring such forests would increase fruit availability potentially reducing the need to forage on commercial fruits. 🧵(3/3) tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108… #ConservationOptimism

For his current research, he is further investigating the impact of invasive alien species on the foraging ecology of the Mauritian flying fox. 🧵 (2/3) vashistseegobin.org/current

With #BatWeek, it's time to highlight the work done by young scientists #mauritius 🧵 (1/3) @VashistSeegobin is a Mphil/PhD student with @Tropical_IBEC. He has studied the impact of invasive plants on native forests and the Mauritian flying fox ⬇️ vashistseegobin.org/previous

#DYK The Dark Flying fox (Pteropus subniger) also known as the Lesser Mascarene Flying-fox & "Rougettes" went extinct between 1864 and 1873. It was ~130 g in size, fed on nectar & fruits & roosted in tree hollows. Deforestation and hunting were main threats. #BatWeek

It's #BatWeek! 🦇 So let's re-discover and celebrate the native & endemic bats that occupy the Mascarene islands as well as remember those that are gone. 🧵 1/n Video: @clbaider #biodiversity #Mauritius #conservationoptimism #NouLeritazNatirel

Last but not least, meet the Mauritian flying fox (Pteropus niger) also known as the Mauritius fruit bat. It used to occur on Rodrigues and was also locally extinct in Reunion where a few individual have been observed. It's listed as Endangered. 6/n 📸 Jacques De Speville

Meet a unique species that is unfortunately gone forever. But let's not forget it. Pteropus subniger also known as the dark flying fox was a frugivorous bat that used to occur on all three mascarene islands. 5/n #ExtinctIsForever #extinction