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Cat Ba Langur Conservation Project, ZSCSP

Field Study

Cat Ba Langur Conservation Project, ZSCSP

Location of field site: Vietnam, Cat Ba Island, Cat Hai District, Hai Phong Province , Asia

Project Director: Dr. Roswitha Stenke

Contact Person: Dr. Roswitha Stenke , Rosi.Stenke@fpt.vn , (0084) *31 888761 Phone: (0084) *31 888761 E-mail: Rosi.Stenke@fpt.vn

Mailing address: Cat Ba National Park , Cat Ba , Cat Hai District - Hai Phong Province Vietnam

Research Objectives: Trachypithecus poliocephalus -- A critically endangered endemic Primate Species in Vietnam. Provision of basic data on behaviour, ecology, and habitat requirements of one of the currently top most endangered primate species of the World. Information is being collected that is directly relevant to the conservation and future survival of the Cat Ba Langur. This information is immediately applied to active conservation work.

Field Positions and Volunteers: currently not available (8/2002)

Species Studied: Golden-headed Langur, Cat Ba Langur -- Semnopithecus poliocephalus (Trouessart, 1911), Trachypithecus poliocephalus (Pockock 1935), Trachypithecus francoisi poliocephalus

Other Species Found At Site: Macaca mulatta

Affiliations: Zoological Society for the Conservation of Species and Populations (ZSCSP), Munich, Germany; Conservation International; Allwetterzoo Münster, Germany; Stiftung Artenschutz, Münster, Germany; Deutsches Tierhilfswerk, Germany

Project Begin/End Dates: 11/2000 - end: open

Entry created: 2002-08-23
Review requested: 2007-02-27
Entry last reviewed: never


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