"We work to conserve the world’s bats and their ecosystems to ensure a healthy planet."

BCI was founded in 1982, as scientists around the world became concerned that bats, which are crucial for maintaining the balance of nature and the health of many human economies, were in alarming decline. Under the founding guidance of Dr. Merlin Tuttle, an internationally recognized authority on bats, the organization achieved unprecedented progress by emphasizing sustainable uses of natural resources that benefit both bats and people.

BCI is dedicated to the enduring protection of the world’s 1300+ species of bats and their habitats and creating a world in which bats and humans successfully coexist. In pursuit of this vision, during the next five years BCI will work worldwide at scale with local, regional, national and multinational public and private partners to respond rapidly and effectively to bat conservation crises, preventing the extinction of threatened bats and the extirpation of globally significant populations of bats.

• Identify, prioritize and begin conserving the world’s most “Significant Bat Areas."
• Respond strategically to broad, irreversible threats that impact bats at multiple locations around the world.
• Build a global network of conservation biologists, NGOs, corporations, public agencies, local communities and regional bat scientific networks to address global issues impacting bat species.
• Create the first actionable global bat inventory and conservation database.
• Empower the next generation of bat conservationists and scientists through strategically targeted scholarships and grants.
• Stimulate research on the most pressing scientific questions relating to the lasting protection and value of all bat species.
• Work throughout the world to develop the public policy frameworks needed to safeguard bats.
• Educate key communities and the public at large on the importance of bats, raising their profile as an order of mammals worthy of concerted attention and action.

 BCI employs a staff of more than 30 biologists, educators and administrators, supported by members in some 60 countries. BCI’s educational achievements include major television documentaries, such as The Secret World of Bats, and award-winning exhibits that continue to reach millions of people each year. Its publications and audiovisual programs empower thousands of BCI members and partners to greatly extend the organization’s philosophy and mission.

BCI’s conservation efforts have resulted in permanent protection for many of North America’s most important remaining bat caves, saved millions of bats from being accidentally buried during mine-safety closures and led to creation of the first national park in U.S. history to protect a tropical rainforest. BCI has sponsored research documenting the key roles of bats in major ecosystems, supported training for graduate students in 62 countries, and trained hundreds of wildlife managers from more than 20 countries in bat-management and conflict-avoidance techniques.

Today, BCI is expanding its bat conservation goals and, through its growing worldwide partnerships, is multiplying the impact of every dollar invested.

Much remains to be done as we educate increasingly urbanized generations to appreciate and protect the natural world. BCI has proven that bats and people can live together in harmony, with great mutual benefit. Bats are an irreplaceable and invaluable natural resource that simply must be conserved. Nevertheless, they still rank among the world’s most misunderstood and endangered wildlife. Hence, BCI’s continuing mission.

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Over 76% of BCI's donations goes directly to education and programs, such as protecting endangered species, water for wildlife and White-nose Syndrome research.

Your tax-deductible donation to Bat Conservation International will help fund: 

• Research to combat White-nose Syndrome and help decimated bat populations recover from this devastating disease
• Focused research and conservation efforts to minimize bat fatalities at wind-energy sites
• Education projects to correct the myths and misinformation that produce senseless violence against these wonderfully beneficial animals
• Protection of caves and abandoned mines that provide essential homes for bats, and the conservation of key forest habitats worldwide
• And many other critical bat-conservation initiatives around the world

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