Primate Connections !"#! Foreword by Dr. Simon Bearder Cover Photo by Noel Rowe THANK YOU! ear Friends, To complete the conservation circle, this DThank you for your support! By purchasing this calendar, you calendar also builds capacity in the places have become part of the Primate Connection – a network of grass­ where primates need it most. Part of the roots primate conservation organizations working collectively to proceeds from the sale of this calendar are raise awareness about the plight of primates, while generating sent to Oxford Brookes University’s Pri­ innovative programs that are helping to protect primates throughout mate Habitat­Country Student Scholarship. the world. © Sam Trull This scholarship grants students who come ! "#$%!&'&()*'+,!-'.!/00!10#,.*02!%0*0!3#/!#/402!,'!/%#*0!35,%! from countries where primates live a chance us a synopsis of the conservation issues they face and the creative to receive a Master’s degree in Primate Conservation Biology. ways they go about tackling them. Their renditions, along with A heartfelt thank you is given to those individuals from each photos of some of the rarest and most beautiful primates on the organization that made this project possible: Andrea Donaldson, planet, were then compiled to make this calendar. Helen Thirlway, Shirley McGreal, Steve Coan, Marc Myers, Noel As you read through the pages, you’ll become familiar with Rowe, Lis Key, Aura Beckhofer­Fialho, Sam Trull, Liz Tyson, Sam some of the most dedicated primate conservation organizations in Shanee, Joy Lliff, Aoife Healy, Pedro Mendez­Carvajal, Dominique the world. The spectrum of mitigation strategies they employ is both Aubin, Steve Blumkin, Brook Aldrich, Petra Osterberg, Sarah Rus­ inspiring and vital. Their efforts lend hope for the future. sel, Magdalena Svensson, Tim Eppley and Michelle Jachimowicz. The Primate Connections calendar acts as a conduit for Last, but certainly not least, we would like to thank the people continued conservation. First, it acts as a dissemination platform: whose help, patience and support made the construction of this here organizations from across the globe can stand together to share calendar possible: Jason Corona, Eli Call, Anne­Marie Mascaro, their successes and express their Marshal Hedin, Robin Keith, Liz Reed, Shantel Nemecek, Grandma challenges. Second, the calendar Betty and the Hawkes Family. We certainly could not have done it raises funds: highlighted organi­ without YOU!! zations have the opportunity to distribute calendars as fundrais­ With love from the primates and ourselves, we thank you very much! ing items themselves. In previous years these proceeds have gone Corrin LaCombe, BA, MSc toward essentials ranging from & monkey chow and medicine to Katie Hawkes, BA, MEM trees and research equipment. © Magdalena Svensson © Tim Eppley OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY FOREWORD y buying this calendar, you production of food for local people and also has devastating environ­ Bare helping contribute to 70&,#6!$'&/0<.0&$0/9!=%#,!$#&!>0!2'&0?!!@%0!*'#2!#%0#2!5/!251+$.6,A! scholarships for students from but change is vital as our inheritance runs out. Our students are deter­ countries where primates live in mined to make a difference and, given their energy and enthusiasm the wild. The training and mas­ for the subject, and their proven record in diverse areas of primate ter’s degree qualifications at conservation (330 postgraduate students in the last ten years), I know Oxford Brookes University will they can succeed. Thank you for your help and support. If you would help these students develop like to learn more about our activities and achievements please careers in wildlife conservation. consult our website, http://ssl.brookes.ac.uk/primate/, or do not hesi­ The specialized study of tate to write to me at [email protected]. primates has many rewards, as we get to know and respect our study © Magdalena Svensson Simon K. Bearder, BSc, MSc, PhD animals and their habitats. However, all too frequently, we are Professor of Anthropology; forced to witness their destruction as rainforests and natural wood­ MSc. in Primate Conservation lands across the world are cleared for short term gain, without Nocturnal Primate Research Group, regard for the future. This problem is not new. In 1908, the Oxford Brookes University Nature Conservancy Commission in the UK likened our cavalier attitude toward wildlife to “a man who, bequeathed a fortune, has gone on spending it recklessly, never taking the trouble to ask about his inheritance, or how long it is likely to last.” Today, of course, we understand the consequences of the drastic decline in biodiversity in much greater detail; yet the rate of destruction is increasing at an #6#*75&8!*#,09!:.*!/,.20&,/!/00!+*/,%#&2!%'3!,%0!0;0*(5&$*0#/5&8! demands of wealthy nations result in the extraction of natural resources from so­called developing countries through the trade in wildlife and timber and the conversion of land to cash crops. Our demand for commodities such as tea, sugar, rubber, palm oil, cut flowers and biofuels, for example, takes land away from the © Tim Eppley © Magdalena Svensson DECEMBER 2011 FEBRUARY 2012 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ANUARY 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 J 26 27 28 29 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 New Year’s Day Epiphany 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 India’s Animal Welfare Save the Eagles Day Fortnight Begins 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Day 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Chinese New Year Australia Day 29 30 31 TIP OF THE MONTH: Choose rechargeable batteries. It takes hundreds of single­use batteries to equal the energy of one rechargeable battery! India’s Animal Welfare Recycle batteries to keep toxins out of the environment. Fortnight Ends © Colobus Trust Restricted to coastal coral rag forest, the Angolan black and white colobus monkey (Colobus angolensis palliatus) is considered nationally threatened. Their unique forest habitat is under threat from several sources, including commercial development fuelled by tourism and subsistence agriculture. The Colobus Trust’s primary objective is to work with local communities to *02.$0!,%*0#,/!,'!,%5/!#*0#9!=0!20;06')!$'&/0*;#,5'&!,''6/!#5702!#,!*02.$5&8!%.7#&B)*57#,0!$'&C5$,!5&!$'77.&5,50/!5&!D0&-#A! such as the installation of ‘colobridges’ that traverse the roads bisecting colobus habitat. Our projects address issues ranging from animal welfare, rescue and rehabilitation to community development and education, forest conservation, protection, enrichment and eco­tourism awareness programmes as well as biological, ecological and behavioural research. www.colobustrust.org Angolan Black and White Colobus Colobus angolensis palliatus Photo by: Andrea Donaldson JANUARY 2012 MARCH 2012 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 EBRUARY 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 29 30 31 F 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday TIP OF THE MONTH: 1 2 3 4 Never buy a pet primate, and advise your friends not to also! Support primate protection by joining an ‘adoption’ program at a reputable sanctuary instead. Groundhog Day National Freedom Day World Wetlands Day 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Tu B’Shevat 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Lincoln’s Birthday Birthday of the Prophet Random Acts of Darwin Day Valentine’s Day Muhammad Kindness Day 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Washington’s Birthday President’s Day Mardi Gras Ash Wednesday 26 27 28 29 Polar Bear Day National Science Day © IPPL/CRPL © IPPL/Kalaweit Since 1973, the International Primate Protection League has been working to help our primate cousins around the world. We run a sanctuary in South Carolina, USA, where we care for 33 gibbons, many rescued from research laboratories where they had been used in experiments. We also help other rescue centers and action groups in countries where primates are native, including Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Kenya, Colombia and Peru. IPPL’s educational and campaigning efforts have contributed to decisions by several countries to ban or restrict primate trade and to establish programs to protect habitat. We #6/'!5&;0/,58#,0!)*57#,0!,*#1+$45&8A!#&2!30!%#;0!*0$05;02!#!&.7>0*!'1!#3#*2/!1'*!'.*!3'*4A!3%5$%A!#7'&8!',%0*!#$%50;070&,/A! has helped to bring illegal smugglers to justice. www.ippl.org Yellow­Cheeked Crested Gibbon Nomascus gabriellae Photo by: Keri Cairns © IPPL FEBRUARY 2012 APRIL 2012 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ARCH 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 26 27 28 29 M 29 30 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 TIP OF THE MONTH: “Our task must be to free ourselves...by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.” ­­Albert Einstein © Felipe Lopez 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Purim 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Daylight Savings Begins National Pi Day St.