Socioeconomic benefits associated with bats.

Background: While bats are tremendously important to global ecosystems, they have been and continue to be threatened by loss of habitat, food, or roosts, pollution, bat diseases, hunting and killing. Some bat species have also been implicated in the transmission of infectious disease agents to humans. While One Health efforts have been ramped up recently to educate and protect human and bat health, such initiatives have been limited by lack of adequate data on the pathways to ensure their support.

Evaluating the status of forest understory plants on high demand in an "open access" setting for restoration and community engagement.

Knowledge of how human harvest impacts plants on high demand for non-timber forest products is essential for targeted conservation. Herbs and shrubs are some of the main sources of such products. However, documentation of human impact on forest flora usually focuses trees.