Paul Webala
@Paul_Webala
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Wildlife biologist, Bat ecologist and conservationist, #2018NatGeoExplorer, #MaasaiMaraUniversity
Narok, Kenya
Joined July 2011
We need YOUR VOTE to help save a charismatic, threatened bat species. Please visit https://t.co/SLnAy21ryG... and VOTE FOR “Saving Harrison’s Giant Mastiff Bat at Mt Suswa Conservancy, Kenya”. For more information see https://t.co/vSPcc2IFG1
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Strengthening zoonotic disease surveillance in #Rwanda! This week, with funding from @USAIDRwanda, @FAORwanda supported @RwandaGov in developing & validating SOPs for effective wildlife disease monitoring and boosting early detection and response using a #OneHealth approach.
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Fully funded #PhD to track the social and environmental influences on straw-coloured fruit bat migration. Join us & the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour @unikonstanz! All nationalities eligible. Deadline: Jan 15. https://t.co/QVrmolFSAb. Pls RT! #phdchat #bats
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We made it to the cover!! @OfficialSMBE #ConvergentEvolution #Bats 🦇 https://t.co/YOkvsT6Q0b
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Our new species, Rhinolophus webalai, is featured in the news! 🦇⬇️ https://t.co/NrEsMlyO6A Bruce Patterson, @Paul_Webala @tdemos7 @CmMontauban @grunwald_a80584 @Javier_JusteB Julian Kerbis Peterhans, Molly McDonough, Carl Dick, Michael Bartonjo, M. Corrie Schoeman & Luis Ruedas
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Graduate Students! We'll be accepting applications for the 2025 Student Scholars program on October 1ˢᵗ. Learn more at https://t.co/9GceqaCf6S
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⚠️APPLICATIONS OPEN ‼️ 🌍Are you from an Asian, African, Latin American or Caribbean country of the #GlobalSouth? 🦇Are you passionate about #bats and their conservation? Apply for the 2nd Networking Workshop and Field Course on Bat Identification, Ecology and Conservation ⬇️
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New species named after me! Great honor! Thanks @Bruce Patterson. Systematics of the Rhinolophus landeri complex, with evidence for 3 additional Afrotropical bat species
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Integrative analyses of genetic, morphological, and bioacoustic data for African horseshoe bats in the Rhinolophus landeri group demonstrate that it is a c
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A day to remember - beginning of a new One Health collaboration in Rwanda! @HelsinkiOne
@DiseaseEcol @EssiKorhonen5 @Paul_Webala @NzizaJuliusk @Richardmuvunyi3
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As far as in Kenya & at Harvard in Cambridge, Mass, we have heard of this destruction of an Ibadan urban forest vital 4 city folk & 30,000 bats that disperse tree seed among their many services. Pls halt this asap @dpcarrington @MongabayOrg @BatConIntl @WCS_Nigeria @Paul_Webala
Dear Governor @seyiamakinde the destruction of Agodi Gardens buffer (the Ogunpa Forest Reserve) will be the greatest disservice you will supervise because of the far reaching environmental, ecological, social and health implications of this action. Apart from the flood that /1
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Happy #InternationalBatNight. Here’s a shout out to everyone involved working to save this amazing group of animals.
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Bat habitat use at ground and height levels at a semi-arid part of northern Kenya.
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Simple SummaryAfrica faces significant challenges in balancing economic and social development while preserving its natural resources.
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Our very new article on the relationship between Afrotropical and Malagasy Long-fingered Bats (Family Miniopteridae). So many unnamed clades from continental Africa: https://t.co/n3bp5QvwW2
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Our heartfelt gratitude and congratulations to the amazing crew @VividFeaturesKE all our #WildlifeWarriors HEROINES & HEROES, conservation partners @citizentvkenya communities & protected areas where we filmed, hotels, lodges & all their staff, & everyone who collaborated with us
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A privilege to learn from so many leading bat biologists today at #ICCB2023. Research is expanding 🙌🏼but our biggest joint challenge remains: how do we spread the message of evidence- based importance of bats to policy makers and communities?
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From caves to forests, @KibiwotSospeter gives us perspective on bats and conservation challenges focused on the forests they need. #iccb
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