Sustenance

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• The documentary also explores the relationship between Henry and the water that provides him with sustenance and his family with their livelihood.
• It was while shooting that film, Faka'apa'apa , that they met the Pott family and learned of their whale watching business.
• Whale watching is a critical industry in the Vava'u islands, a breeding ground for humpback whales migrating from Antarctica.
• According to the International Whaling Commission, few of the country's whale watching vessels are Tongan owned.

• But our new research shows how bats may use a “leap-frogging” motion to make their way home, something which could help conservationists in future.
• As they flit through the darkness, bats play a crucial role in the health of our ecosystems.
• This not only helps us understand how bats navigate and use their environment, but also helps in identifying and protecting their roosts.

Radio-tracking

• This arduous process involves capturing bats, attaching small radio transmitters to them before releasing them and following the signals throughout the night.
• Our team conducted a radio-tracking survey in Devon which monitored 12 greater horseshoe bats over 24 nights.
• But a bat might return more slowly, prolonging foraging, if it perceives the presence of bats beyond its current location.
• So, it is the outer bats that would drive the return as they would not be surrounded by calls.

How does this research help bats?

• One of the immediate effects of our research includes informing a measurement of the “core sustenance zone” for greater horseshoe bats.
• This is where most of their foraging occurs, so it’s important in bat ecology, conservation and construction planning.
• Should they be furthest from the roost they move back towards the bulk of the population and closer to the roost.

• Fiona Mathews receives funding from Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Devon County Council and the Natural Environment Research Council.
• She is affiliated with the UK Mammal Society, Mammal Conservation Europe, Ecotype Genetics and Ecology Search Services Ltd. Thomas Woolley does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

• In 2014, goeasy expanded its partnership with BGC Canada through its easybites program, a 10-year, $2.5 million commitment to remodel 100 kitchens across the BGC network of clubs nationwide.
• Last year, goeasy was thrilled to complete their decade-long commitment with the opening of its 100th kitchen in Airdrie, Alberta.
• Partnerships, like the one we have with goeasy, are essential to BGC Canada's ability to serve communities,” said Owen Charters, President & CEO of BGC Canada.
• The BGC Canada Food Fund provides foundational food support for clubs by covering the operating costs associated with food delivery and programming, teaching food literacy and nurturing community gardening programs and supporting families experiencing food insecurity.