Biodiversity is the variety of all living things. Bats make a substantial contribution to the UK's biodiversity, comprising around one third of all our mammal species (18 species in total, with 17 breeding in the UK). Human activities have increasingly changed the environment we live in resulting in substantial declines in bats and biodiversity, which we would like to see reversed. All of our bats and their roosts are protected by law.
The Bat Conservation Trust's Biodiversity Team actively promotes bat conservation through its policy and advocacy work. This includes:
1. Promoting bat conservation through partnering with Government Agencies, Statutory Nature Conservation Bodies (SNCBs) and other organisations to deliver conservation action for the UK's bat species.
2. Responding to consultations and developing our own policy recommendations in relation to areas of concern for bat conservation.
3. Carrying out advocacy work to encourage positive changes for bats, including with our species champions and through public-facing campaigns.
Our biodiversity work is partly funded by Natural England.
