Spider Monkey Research and Action – Colombia

LOCATION: PACIFIC COAST OF COLOMBIA

TARGET SPECIES: COLOMBIAN BLACK SPIDER MONKEY

CURRENT STATUS: IN PROGRESS

Community Conservation is involved in a partnership with Neotropical Primate Conservation with the goal of conserving the habitat of the Colombian black spider monkey. The spider monkey is endangered, so it is crucial to work with the people living on the Pacific Coast of Colombia, one of the few places where the species is found.

This project launched in 2018 and the work is ongoing. Educational programs are being conducted with adult villagers, local school children and young adults in the area. Also, fieldwork is documenting and mapping the species so that mammalogists can better understand the needs of these monkeys. In addition, agreements are being facilitated between government bodies, local communities and project partners to make further study and an action plan possible.