Africa: Wild Africa Urges Action to Protect Nigeria's 100 Bat Species On International Bat Appreciation Day 2025

Africa: Wild Africa Urges Action to Protect Nigeria's 100 Bat Species On International Bat Appreciation Day 2025

As the world marks International Bat Appreciation Day, conservation organisation Wild Africa is sounding the alarm on the urgent need to protect Nigeria's rich but threatened bat population, which includes one-third of all bat species found in Africa.

The organization Bat Conservation International had the initiative to create the Day of Appreciation of Bats 2025, with the aim of focusing efforts on the protection of the different species of bats. This organization was founded in 1982 by a group of scientists, sensitized by the vulnerability and critical danger of these species, taking into account the fundamental role that bats play on our planet. Today, April 17 is celebrated the Day of App…

Wild Africa urges protection for Nigeria’s bat species - EnviroNews - latest environment news, climate change, renewable energy

Wild Africa, a conservation organisation, has called on the Federal Government, the private sector, and conservation organisations to step up efforts to protect Nigeria’s threatened bat species. Bats This is contained in a statement signed by Mr. Festus Iyorah, Nigeria’s Representative, Wild Africa, in commemoration of the 2025 International Bat Appreciation Day, on Thursday, April 17, in Lagos. The statement said that Nigeria is home to approx…