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Community-based conservation volunteer, Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey Project.

Position Description:

We are seeking volunteers to help us collect data on the critically endangered yellow-tailed woolly monkey, to participate in habitat restoration and reforestation, and to assist in improving local awareness of environmental issues through education activities in schools.

Two 6-week-long expeditions starting January 2012 and mid February 2012 are available.

Qualifications/Experience: No qualifications or skills are necessary apart from a basic level of spoken Spanish, good fitness level and ability to cope with harsh working conditions and basic accommodation.

Salary/funding: A contribution is requested from the volunteer. It excludes travel to the field site but includes accommodation, food, wages for local guides, two excursions to Kuelap and the Gocta waterfall, training and a small contribution to the running of the project.

Contact Information: Nina Poletti,    nina.poletti-at-gmail.com

for more information click here.

See these beautiful monkeys happily eating and moving around the forests of La Esperanza.

Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey from Sam Jones on Vimeo.

On the 26th of July we handed in the proposal for a new Conservation Concession in San Martin, Peru. The area, to be run by a local committee of villagers from Ricardo Palma is home to the endemic and Critically Endangered  (Callicebus oenanthe) and other primate species, as well as whole host of other endemic and endangered animals. The area of the concession covers over 1,500 ha of primary rain forest in one of the most deforested areas of Peru. This new area borders another Conservation Concession we are working towards with the community of Bagazan. Together the two areas will protect approximately 8,000 ha of habitat.

San Martin suffers from the highest deforestation rates in Peru with nearly 85% of the region completely deforested. The main threats to wildlife and forests in this area are clear cutting for pasture and logging concessions. The local people from the villages of Ricardo Palma and Bagazan are committed to conservation, not only through the registration of these reserves but also through their decision to cultivate organic cacao. We are now awaiting news from the regional and national authorities on the progress of these two proposals.