Conservation of the crowned sifaka
Project

Conservation of the Crowned Sifaka, Mongoose Lemur and Rufous Brown Lemur

Duration
2016 - 2017
Location
Madagascar
Species protected
Crowned Sifaka Propithecus coronatus
Mongoose Lemur Eulemur mongoz
Red Brown Lemur Eulemur rufus

Project objectives

One forest fragment will be effectively conserved by a local community association. Another three or four priority forests will be identified, and community-based conservation activities initiated at each. Lemur hunting will be eliminated, and habitat degradation reduced, in each forest. Populations of Crowned Sifaka, Mongoose Lemur and Red Brown Lemur will stabilize in each forest, and start to increase during the course of the project.

This project is implemented by The Aspinall Foundation.

Threats

Habitat loss & degradation

Poaching