Project						
						Reducing Demand for Live-Captured Lemurs in the Tsimanampesotse and Amoron’iOnilahy Protected Areas
Initiative
						Duration
						
															2019																						 - 2021														
						Location
Madagascar
Species protected
						
			
	Ring-tailed Lemur		
		
			Lemur catta
			
Project objectives
- Improve the site protection of the Ring-tailed Lemur population within Tsimanampesotse and Amoron’IOnilahy Protected Areas;
 - Increase awareness within the local community, managers, authorities, lemur keepers, hotel operators and tourists on wildlife laws and on the importance to keep lemurs wild;
 - Strengthen community and civil society participation in combatting lemur poaching.
 
This project is implemented by Arboretum d’Antsokay.
Threats
				Habitat loss & degradation