| Land clearing |
• Clearing of forest habitats for agricultural
use or urban expansion
• Impacts through loss of suitable roosts, foraging habitat and reduction
in or loss of food sources |
| Firewood Collection |
• Impact where dead stags are cut down for
firewood resulting in a loss of roosting and maternity sites |
| Habitat Alteration |
• Changes to unique parts of the habitats
required by a species e.g. removal of understory, removal of hollow-bearing
trees |
| Loss of Food Sources |
• Removal of food sources such as flowering/fruiting
plants |
| Human Persecution |
• Where behaviour of bats causes conflict
with human interests e.g. flying foxes feeding on orchard fruits or where
camps conflict with humans. |
