{"id":26,"date":"2026-09-07T12:44:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T17:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iybats.com\/get-involved\/government\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T16:52:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T16:52:52","slug":"government","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iybats.com\/es\/get-involved\/government\/","title":{"rendered":"Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">National and regional agencies, ministries and intergovernmental bodies have a central role in the International Year of the Bats.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li><strong>Recognise IYBats 2027<\/strong> through an official statement, proclamation or inclusion in national biodiversity communications.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Support science-based bat protection<\/strong>: roost protection, habitat conservation, and management approaches that reduce conflict between people and bats. Culling bats is more likely to increase, not decrease, disease risk.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Adopt One Health communication<\/strong> about bats and public health, using clear, non-sensationalised language. Our <a href=\"\/es\/toolkit\/\">toolkit<\/a> offers a framework.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Amplify national networks<\/strong>: help your country&#8217;s bat researchers and NGOs reach schools, media and communities.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Join the partnership<\/strong>: agencies can be listed as IYBats partners and contribute to the global events programme.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To discuss government participation, contact <a href=\"mailto:gbatnetscicomm@gmail.com\">gbatnetscicomm@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National and regional agencies, ministries and intergovernmental bodies have a central role in the International Year of the Bats. To discuss government participation, contact gbatnetscicomm@gmail.com.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":105,"parent":23,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_hostinger_reach_plugin_has_subscription_block":false,"_hostinger_reach_plugin_is_elementor":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iybats.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iybats.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iybats.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iybats.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iybats.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iybats.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118,"href":"https:\/\/iybats.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions\/118"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iybats.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iybats.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iybats.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}