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Proposal for Inclusion of the Hoary Bat (Lasiurus cinereus), Eastern Red Bat (Lasiurus borealis), Southern Red Bat (Lasiurus blossevillii), and Southern Yellow Bat (Lasiurus ega) in Appendix II of the Convention on Migratory Species
Author: | Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, U.S., Uruguay, Venezuela, Wildlife
These bats have wide distribution ranges across the Americas. The Hoary Bat has the second largest range of any mammal on the continent after the puma (Puma concolor), which can be found from Canada to Argentina and Chile. The Eastern Red Bat is found between eastern Canada and the far northeast of Mexico, and the Southern Red Bat reaches from the western United States south down to Argentina. The Southern Yellow bat is distributed from North America (USA) down to South America (Argentina). The main threat facing migratory bats is the development of wind energy. It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of individual bats from the first two species die every year in the USA alone, causing a severe reduction in their populations. It is highly likely that Lasiurus blossevillii is similarly affected by wind energy, but there are still no robust data on that. In view of the serious threat to these species, the CMS COP is urged to adopt this proposal and include these four species on Appendix II of the Convention. That will enable conservation and mitigation measures to be introduced with a minimum impact on the development of wind energy. Wind farms in Peru are located in the coastal desert, in Ica, La Libertad and Piura, with activity increasing every year.
The Government of Peru
12th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Convention on Migratory Species
Manila, Philippines, 23–28 October 2017
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