My work is mainly systematics and evolution, describing several new taxa always among bats.
Equatorial Guinea economy is shifting from moderate use of the forest as a source of traditional goods, food, local timber, small-scale crops into highly impacting activities that are causing rapid forest degradation and an evident loss of biodiversity. Nevertheless, the situation can be reversed yet.
An initiative led by the Center for Sustainability Transitions (CST) at Stellenbosch University, in partnership with the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) and made possible through the JWO research grant.
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