BATS METHODOLOGY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT A manual for developers, environmental experts and planning authorities National Museum of Natural History – BAS BATS METHODOLOGY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT A manual for developers, environmental experts and planning authorities National Museum of Natural History – BAS 2008 Sofia This methodology is issued under the project «Bats and Environmental Impact Assessment: Tools for implementation of European Habitat Directive and EUROBATS Agreement in Bulgaria and Romania» carried by the National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Science (NMNH-BAS), the Romanian Bat Protection Association and the Dutch Mammal Study and Protection Society (VZZ) and funded by the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality through the action plan of BBI MATRA (2007–2008). Author: Boyan P. Petrov (National Museum of Natural History – Bulgarian Academy of Science) The table «Procedures for EIA and AA as they relate to bats» was prepared by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ivan Pandourski (Institute of Zoology – Bulgarian Academy of Science) Consultants: Eric Jansen, Herman Limpens (Dutch Mammal Study and Protection Society VZZ) Editors: Svetlana Miteva, Radostina Tzenova English translation: Teodora Valkova Proof reading: Nicholas Parrott – TextualHealing <
[email protected]> Prepress: Lyubomir Andreev Printing: NEO Art Silistra The photos included in this manual were mostly taken by Boyan Petrov, with others taken by Stoyan Beshkov, Nikolay Treyman, Elena Tilova, Kiril Metodiev, Slaveya Stoycheva and Teodora Ivanova. The drawings on page 53 and 54 were taken from the Dutch brochure «Bats and road construction» (Rijkswaterstaat – Dienst Weg- en Waterkunde, 2005), with the consent of its author – Peter Twisk.