Pitheciine Action Group
Uakaris for real: Conservation
initiatives in Peru and Brazil
Bowler, M., H. Queiroz, R. Bodmer & P.
Puertas
Control of hunting and timber extraction are key
elements of current initiatives for the conservation
of Cacajao. Here, we describe these initiatives and
discuss their contribution to conservation goals.
The Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve,
Brazil was created largely for Cacajao calvus
calvus. This subspecies is restricted almost
entirely to Mamirauá and is rarely hunted, so the
only threat facing it is the transformation of
flooded forest habitats. Since one tree species
logged at Mamirauá is of great importance in the
diet of this primate, a sustainable use forestry
program has banned the exploitation of this
species in the reserve. Cacajao calvus ucayalii has
a patchy range, making it difficult to identify areas
for protection. Until recently the Tamshiyacu
Tahuayo Communal Reserve, Peru was the only
protected area where it occurred. Community
management here has resulted in a decrease in
the hunting of primates. On the Yavari River, Peru
where C. c. ucayalii is relatively abundant, large
areas are designated as logging concessions.
Research in 2005 has supported a successful
application to make part of the logging concession
area a Conservation Concession. A fourth site,
Amanã Sustainable Development Reserve,
protects a population of Cacajao melanocephalus,
one of the primates most hunted by the reserve's
inhabitants. Research is being carried out on
hunting and on the ecology of C. melanocephalus
to evaluate the sustainability of current hunting
levels.
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initiatives in Peru and Brazil
Bowler, M., H. Queiroz, R. Bodmer & P.
Puertas
Control of hunting and timber extraction are key
elements of current initiatives for the conservation
of Cacajao. Here, we describe these initiatives and
discuss their contribution to conservation goals.
The Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve,
Brazil was created largely for Cacajao calvus
calvus. This subspecies is restricted almost
entirely to Mamirauá and is rarely hunted, so the
only threat facing it is the transformation of
flooded forest habitats. Since one tree species
logged at Mamirauá is of great importance in the
diet of this primate, a sustainable use forestry
program has banned the exploitation of this
species in the reserve. Cacajao calvus ucayalii has
a patchy range, making it difficult to identify areas
for protection. Until recently the Tamshiyacu
Tahuayo Communal Reserve, Peru was the only
protected area where it occurred. Community
management here has resulted in a decrease in
the hunting of primates. On the Yavari River, Peru
where C. c. ucayalii is relatively abundant, large
areas are designated as logging concessions.
Research in 2005 has supported a successful
application to make part of the logging concession
area a Conservation Concession. A fourth site,
Amanã Sustainable Development Reserve,
protects a population of Cacajao melanocephalus,
one of the primates most hunted by the reserve's
inhabitants. Research is being carried out on
hunting and on the ecology of C. melanocephalus
to evaluate the sustainability of current hunting
levels.
Return to symposium programme
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SYMPOSIUM
Pitheciins: Ecology & Conservation
XXI Congress of the International Primatological Society
Pitheciins: Ecology & Conservation
XXI Congress of the International Primatological Society
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