Working together to project Cercocebus and Mandrillus
I am a big fan of mangabeys. They are really interesting animals. Quite unique in their behaviour and ecology. Their diet is one of the things they most fascinate me. They eat pretty much anything they find in the forest floor and beyond. Anything. Seeds, fruit, leaves, stems, bark, sap, caterpillars, millipedes, slugs, snails, lizards, frogs, soil…. You name it! They are living hoovers! And let’s be honest, they are also extremely cute.
Unfortunately, mangabeys, along their closely related mandills and drills, are some of the least studies and most threated African primates. Thus, there is urgent need for a collaborative, regional-wide approach to catalyse and facilitate efforts to ensure the protection of mangadrills and their habitats. To this end, I am working with Dr Grainne McCabe (Bristol Zoological Society) and Andrea Dempsey (Wildlife African Primate Conservation Action) to develop an International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Conservation Action Plan for monkeys of the genera Cercocebus and Mandrillus (AKA “Mangadrills).
We are currently in contact with over 70 researchers – virtually anybody working in one way or another with these animals - to develop a five-year (2020-2025) Mangadrillus Conservaiton Action Plan. In June 2019, a number of species and country experts (header photo) gathered in Accra, Ghana, to ultimate the details of the Plan. Funding for the workshop was provided by a grant from the Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation, with additional support from the University of the West of England’s Department of Applied Science, Bristol Zoological Society, West Africa Primate Conservation Action, Ohio State University, Fordham University, Le Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville, Le Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques, National Museum of Kenya, San Diego Zoo Global, Université Félix Houphouët Boigny d’Abidjan-Cocody, University of Stirling and University of Uyo. We aim to publish the Mangadrill Conservation Action Plan by the Fall of 2023.
If you want to know more, click here: https://www.wapca.org/mangadrills-ap
Unfortunately, mangabeys, along their closely related mandills and drills, are some of the least studies and most threated African primates. Thus, there is urgent need for a collaborative, regional-wide approach to catalyse and facilitate efforts to ensure the protection of mangadrills and their habitats. To this end, I am working with Dr Grainne McCabe (Bristol Zoological Society) and Andrea Dempsey (Wildlife African Primate Conservation Action) to develop an International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Conservation Action Plan for monkeys of the genera Cercocebus and Mandrillus (AKA “Mangadrills).
We are currently in contact with over 70 researchers – virtually anybody working in one way or another with these animals - to develop a five-year (2020-2025) Mangadrillus Conservaiton Action Plan. In June 2019, a number of species and country experts (header photo) gathered in Accra, Ghana, to ultimate the details of the Plan. Funding for the workshop was provided by a grant from the Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation, with additional support from the University of the West of England’s Department of Applied Science, Bristol Zoological Society, West Africa Primate Conservation Action, Ohio State University, Fordham University, Le Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville, Le Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques, National Museum of Kenya, San Diego Zoo Global, Université Félix Houphouët Boigny d’Abidjan-Cocody, University of Stirling and University of Uyo. We aim to publish the Mangadrill Conservation Action Plan by the Fall of 2023.
If you want to know more, click here: https://www.wapca.org/mangadrills-ap