Introduction
Yvonne A. de Jong Thomas M. Butynski
wildsolutions@gmail.com
April 2013
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NEWS Our latest blog is now online....  Picture on the right: Juvenile olive baboon (Papio anubis) feeding on a doum palm fruit (Hyphaene thebaica) in Samburu National Reserve, central Kenya. This tree appears to be a critical source of food, water, shade and refuge for baboons in the arid and semi-arid regions of Kenya. Photograph by Yvonne de Jong and Tom Butynski. |
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REQUEST Have you seen patas monkeys in Laikipia (or elsewhere in Africa)? To manage Laikipia’s patas population, it is important to monitor changes in its distribution and size. The Eastern Africa Primate Diversity and Conservation Program is conducting a Laikipia patas survey. Have you encountered patas in Laikipia or anywhere else in Africa? Please complete our questionnaire, it will only take a few minutes!! Thank you, your help is much appreciated! |
 Adult male eastern patas monkey Erythrocebus patas pyrrhonotus. Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya. Photograph by Robert Copeland |
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Have you seen primates in Eastern Africa? The Eastern Africa Primate Diversity and Conservation Program is in the process of documenting the distribution of the regions primates and would very much like to receive details and photos of your encounters with primates in Eastern Africa. Please help us by providing your records here!! |
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National task force inaugurated to steer conservation planning
for primates in Kenya Despite the challenges the primates of Kenya face today, the country lacks primate conservation and management strategies. This was the motivation behind the formation of Kenya’s National Primate Conservation Task Force (NPCTF). Expert advice has been sought and resulted in the formation of a panel to advise, help develop and drive the strategy forward. The members of the National Primate Conservation Task Force are a collection of primate and conservation experts from Kenya and around the world. ....... click here to read more |
 Hilgert´s vervet (Chlorocebus pygerythrus hilgerti) feeding on a garbage dump at Lake Nakuru National Park. Photograph by De Jong & Butynski |
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The Mammals of Africa 'Mammals of Africa (MoA) is a series of six volumes which describes, in detail, every currently recognized species of African land mammal. This is the first time that such extensive coverage has ever been attempted, and the volumes incorporate the very latest information and detailed discussion of the morphology, distribution, biology and evolution (including reference to fossil and molecular data) of Africa's mammals.......' |
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