The timeline of the Centre for Bat Research and Conservation is presented in a reverse chronological order, with the most recent event at the top of the page. Navigate to the beginning of the year:
2019 April
– We officially represent Romania at the annual meeting of the EUROBATS Advisory Committee, in Skopje, Macedonia.
– Presentation about cave-dwelling bats of Romanai, during the initiation course in speleology, organized by Speo Cristal Oradea.
– Scientific presentation of the results obtained with the Amateur Cavers Club and Speo Cristal Oradea, at the Cluj Biological Days, ed. XX.
– Completing the cleaning of the Orthodox Church in Zeicani.
2019 March
– Completing the cleaning of the Reformed Church in Leghia, in partnership with the Romanian Permaculture Association.
– Visit to Poland at the invitation of polish bat researcher colleagues, in Szachownica and Nietoperek Chiropterological Reserves.
– Field trip in collaboration with the Amateur Cavers Club of Cluj.
– Presentations about bats at Ovidius University in Constanța.
2019 February
– Presentation about Romanian cave-dwelling bats during the “Call of the unknown” event, organized by Speo Cristal Oradea.
– Field work in frame of the Columbus Zoo funded project, along with caverss from the Banat region, to identify new hibernation colonies.
2019 January
– Field trip in collaboration with the Amateur Caver’s Club and Speo Cristal Oradea.
2019
The end of 2018
2018 December
– Initiating the 2018-2019 winter monitoring of roosts with colonies of national and continental importance, in collaboration with several colleagues from Romania, Hungary and the United Kingdom.
– Cleaning the Orthodox Church in Zeicani.
– Celebrating the 2-year anniversary of launching the Lilieci.ro portal, and crating the first CBRC annual report for the 2017-2018 period.
– Publishing an article about the cave-dwelling colonies of Romania, in the Bat News magazine, through the Bat Conservation Trust.
2018 November
– Presenting about bats for children at Someşul Rece, Cluj county, in collaboration with the Someșul Rece Orthodox Parish.
– Cleaning of the Leghia Reformed Church, in partnership with the Romanian Permaculture Association.
2018 October
– Presenting about bats at the Lucian Blaga High School in Cluj-Napoca, during the “The Other Kind of School” week.
– The Romanian Ministry of Environment nominates the president of the CBRC as the scientific focal point for Romania, within the implementation of the EUROBATS agreement.
– Organizing the 2018 edition of the International Bat Night in Lisa, Brasov County, with over 100 visitors, in partnership with the Radu Negru National College Făgăraș, Braşov County, and the Lisa Orthodox Parish.
– Organizing an ecological education called “Our Bats!” for the students from the Special School for the Visually Impaired, Cluj-Napoca, within the event “Protected Areas Week”.
– Organizing and participating at the 3rd Romanian Bat Research Conference, Cernatu de Sus, with the generous sponsorship of Pettersson Elektronik AB.
2018 September
– Organizing, in collaboration with the Myotis Group for Bat Conservation, a training for cavers in Banat, within the frame of the project funded by the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium.
– Organizing the 2018 edition of the International Bat Night in Cluj-Napoca, with more than 800 visitors, in partnership with several organizations and institutions from Cluj-Napoca.
– Participating at the National Bat Conference in Nottingham, United Kingdom, with a presentation on the cave-dwelling bat colonies of Romania.
– Experience exchange in the United Kingdom, with bat researchers from different parts of the country.
2018 August
– Partnering with the Matei and Friends Association, to organize of the International Bat Nights in Petrila, Hunedoara County.
– Initiating a collaboration with colleagues from Hungary to study the spread of Lloviu virus.
– Participating in the annual cave exploration camp, organized by the Amateur Caver’s Club Cluj, for the identification of new colonies.
– Presenting about bats for children at Damiş, in partnership with ECOTOP Oradea.
– Initiating the detailed bat study of the East Park from Cluj-Napoca.
2018 July
– Participating in the SpeoArta photo contest, at Balcan Camp, Baru Mare.
2018 June
– Running at the “Run for Wildlife” competition, organized by Matei and Friends Association.
– Initiating the 2018 Summer monitoring of roosts with colonies of national and continental importance, in collaboration with several colleagues from Romania, Hungary and the United Kingdom.
– Presenting about bats at the Betfia Pothole, in partnership with ECOTOP Oradea.
– Starting to implement the project “Enhancing conservation efforts in the bat diversity hotspot of South-Western Romania”, funded by Columbus Zoo & Aquarium.
– Initiating a collaboration with bat researchers from Luxembourg on the study of Myotis emarginatus.
2018 May
– Presenting about bats in two high schools from Oradea, in partnership with ECOTOP Oradea.
– Participating in the 2018 EUROBATS Advisory Council meeting in Tallinn, Estonia.
– Participating in the Tech4Stories training organized by TechSoup Europe in Bucharest.
– Educational activities for children from Făgăraş area, Braşov county, in collaboration with the Foundation Conservation Carpathia.
2018 April
– Participating in the working group meeting for the 2nd edition of the Atlas of European Mammals, Prague, Czech Republic, as national bat data coordinator.
– Participating in the XIXth edition of the Cluj Biological Days, with a presentation about Bat of the year 2018, Rhinolophus mehelyi.
– Initiating the study of White Nose Syndrome (WNS) in collaboration with several foreign institutions.
2018 March
– Presenting about bats at Ovidius University in Constanța, Constanța County.
– Presenting about bat evolution at Darwin Day, Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Biology.
2018 February
– Designating the Méhely’s horseshoe bat as Bat of the year 2018 (second edition) in Romania.
2018 January
– Initiating the 2017-2018 winter monitoring of Romanian bat roost with national and continental importance, in collaboration with several colleagues from Romania, Hungary and the United Kingdom.
– Presenting about bats at the Györkös Mányi Albert Memorial House (EMKE), Cluj-Napoca.
– Cleaning the Fortified Church in Moşna, in partnership with the Romanian Permaculture Association.
2018
The end of 2017
2017 December
– Celebrating the 1 year anniversary of launching the Lilieci.ro portal.
– Participating at the Gala of Protected Areas, Poiana Brașov.
2017 November
– Initiating a partnership with the Romanian Permaculture Association, in order to clean the guano from several anthropic sites, that are important roosts for bat colonies, and cleaning the Unitarian Churches of Moldovenești and Vălenii de Arieş, as well as the Orthodox Church of Someșul Rece.
– Official establishment of the Center for Bat Research and Conservation.
2017 October
– Participating at the XIth Hungarian Bat Research Conference, at Vámoselőd.
2017 September
– Organizing the 2017 edition of the International Bat Night in Cluj-Napoca with over 800 visitors.
– Finalizing the collaboration with the ABUN – Artists & Biologists Unite for Nature Group, to popularize bat species through artwork.
2017 August
– Participating at the European Bat Research Symposium in San Sebastian, the Basque Country.
2017 June
– Initiating the 2017 Summer monitoring of Romanian bat roosts of national and continental importance, in collaboration with several colleagues from Romania, Hungary and the United Kingdom.
2017 April
– Launching the lilieci_ro Instagram page.
– Participating and presenting at the LIFE+ Szachownitza project conference in Poland.
2017 March
– Participating in the EUROBATS Advisory Committee meeting in 2017 in Belgrade, Serbia.
– Designating the brown long-eared bat as Bat of the year 2017 (first edition) in Romania.
2017
The end of 2016
2016 December
– Launching the Lilieci.ro portal in three languages (romanian, hungarian and english).
2016 November
– Participating in the 25th edition of the Polish National Bat Research Conference, in Morsko.
2016 October
– Organizing and participating in the 2nd edition of the Romanian Bat Research Conference, Plaiul Foii, Braşov County.
2016 May
– Initiating the bat research of Făgetul Clujului Forest.
2016 February
– Launching the Lilieci.ro Facebook page.
