Pitheciine Action Group
The Pitheciids group includes some of the most unusual and enigmatic primates
in the Neotropics. Several taxa are threatened with extinction, and for many we
lack all but the most basic information
Founded informally in 2005, PAG was launched officially at the Pitheciin Ecology
and Conservation symposium, held at the 2006 IPS Congress in Uganda. PAG
has an Executive Committee of six, and an established 25-member Coordinating
Committee, which includes primatologists from all range countries.
PAG's objectives are to:
Current PAG activities include producing Evolutionary Biology and Conservation of
Titis, Sakis and Uacaris, a 40-chapter, 82-author book to be published by
Cambridge University Press, and — together with the Brazilian Environmental
Protection Agency (IBAMA) — developing Action Plans for all the endangered
Brazilian taxa.
It has an electronic newsletter and open access Yahoo group http://uk.groups.
yahoo.com/group/pitheciineactiongroup. Website resources will include key
literature, theses and dissertations, still and video images, recordings of
vocalizations and museum specimen distribution, as well as information on
current and future projects and research priorities.
Executive Committee
Liza Veiga
Adrian Barnett
Stephen Ferrari
Marilyn Norconk
Bruna Bezerra
Sarah Boyle
in the Neotropics. Several taxa are threatened with extinction, and for many we
lack all but the most basic information
Founded informally in 2005, PAG was launched officially at the Pitheciin Ecology
and Conservation symposium, held at the 2006 IPS Congress in Uganda. PAG
has an Executive Committee of six, and an established 25-member Coordinating
Committee, which includes primatologists from all range countries.
PAG's objectives are to:
- Act as a clearinghouse for information and resource sharing,
- Provide information to guide policy decisions and development of
Conservation Action Plans; - Determine priorities for research and conservation;
- Coordinate and encourage research and multidisciplinary collaboration;
- Promote funding and guide researchers to appropriate funds;
- Develop links with the professional conservation community;
- Stimulate interest among both future researchers and in the general public;
- Achieve formal status and self-sufficiency through established funding.
Current PAG activities include producing Evolutionary Biology and Conservation of
Titis, Sakis and Uacaris, a 40-chapter, 82-author book to be published by
Cambridge University Press, and — together with the Brazilian Environmental
Protection Agency (IBAMA) — developing Action Plans for all the endangered
Brazilian taxa.
It has an electronic newsletter and open access Yahoo group http://uk.groups.
yahoo.com/group/pitheciineactiongroup. Website resources will include key
literature, theses and dissertations, still and video images, recordings of
vocalizations and museum specimen distribution, as well as information on
current and future projects and research priorities.
Executive Committee
Liza Veiga
Adrian Barnett
Stephen Ferrari
Marilyn Norconk
Bruna Bezerra
Sarah Boyle
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