{"id":8899,"date":"2024-10-21T06:03:51","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T06:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/what-we-do\/biodiversity\/northern-bettong-copy\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T04:56:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T04:56:40","slug":"spectacled-flying-fox","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/what-we-do\/biodiversity\/spectacled-flying-fox\/","title":{"rendered":"Spectacled Flying Fox"},"content":{"rendered":"[mk_page_section bg_image=&#8221;https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/sff2-banner.jpg&#8221; bg_position=&#8221;center bottom&#8221; bg_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; bg_stretch=&#8221;true&#8221; enable_3d=&#8221;true&#8221; min_height=&#8221;500&#8243; js_vertical_centered=&#8221;true&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;&#8221; padding_bottom=&#8221;&#8221; section_id=&#8221;donate&#8221; el_class=&#8221;donate-1&#8243; sidebar=&#8221;sidebar-1&#8243;][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50px&#8221;][mk_fancy_title font_family=&#8221;none&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221;]RECOVERING THE SPECTACLED FLYING FOX[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_padding_divider size=&#8221;55&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section el_class=&#8221;main_heading_row&#8221; sidebar=&#8221;sidebar-1&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1563857212904{padding-right: 35px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;great_3_left&#8221;][mk_padding_divider size=&#8221;95&#8243; visibility=&#8221;hidden-nb&#8221;][mk_padding_divider size=&#8221;50&#8243; visibility=&#8221;visible-tl&#8221;][mk_fancy_title size=&#8221;28&#8243; letter_spacing=&#8221;4&#8243; margin_bottom=&#8221;0&#8243; font_family=&#8221;none&#8221; el_class=&#8221;terrain-title-2&#8243;]MAXIMISING SURVIVAL OF THE SPECIES BY REDUCING SOURCES OF MORTALITY[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_padding_divider size=&#8221;20&#8243; visibility=&#8221;visible-tl&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1729490991862{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Working with several partners, Terrain NRM is delivering three projects to contribute to the recovery of the Spectacled Flying fox.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1760676952131{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Spectacled Flying-fox is one of the 110 priority threatened species identified by the Threatened Species Commissioners officer.<\/p>\n<p>It has undergone a serious decline in numbers over the last two decades, dropping from over 325,000 individuals to only 78,000 in that time. Threats include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Impacts of severe cyclones on food supplies<\/li>\n<li>Persecution at orchards and camps<\/li>\n<li>Deaths from tick paralysis<\/li>\n<li>Habitat loss and degradation<\/li>\n<li>Low natural rate of recruitment (requires less than 20% mortality each year to remain stable).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To rebuild numbers we need to maximise survival and control as many sources of mortality as possible.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1563857224215{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;great_3_right&#8221;][mk_padding_divider size=&#8221;55&#8243; visibility=&#8221;hidden-nb&#8221;][mk_padding_divider size=&#8221;55&#8243; visibility=&#8221;hidden-nb&#8221;][mk_padding_divider size=&#8221;55&#8243; visibility=&#8221;hidden-nb&#8221;][mk_padding_divider size=&#8221;55&#8243; visibility=&#8221;hidden-nb&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1760676997872{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<strong>Solutions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Science program to gather more knowledge about population size, areas that they occupy and what resources they use.<\/li>\n<li>Development and testing of new monitoring methods using drone technology, with James Cook University (JCU).<\/li>\n<li>Population monitoring by First Nations groups on their country.<\/li>\n<li>Tested methodology for future monitoring of the species.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Mapping of wild tobacco across the Atherton Tableland where Spectacled Flying-foxes are killed by paralysis ticks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Wild tobacco weed removal and ongoing control activities.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wet Tropics region<\/p>\n<p><strong>Partners<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Spectacled Flying fox Recovery Team, Traditional Owners, Councils, scientists and researchers, landholders, Tolga Bat Hospital.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Funders<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This project is funded by the Australian Government under Saving Native Species and delivered by Terrain NRM as member of the Commonwealth Regional Delivery Partners panel.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9098 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/logo-australian-govt-square-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/logo-australian-govt-square-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/logo-australian-govt-square-300x300.png 300w, 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