Project
Improving Conservation of Lemurs in Tsimembo
Duration
2015 - 2017
Location
Madagascar
Species protected
Aye-aye
Daubentonia madagascariensis
Lorenz Von Liburnau’s Woolly Lemur
Avahi occidentalis
Red Brown Lemur
Eulemur rufus
Project objectives
- Degraded habitat at the Tsimembo protected area will be reforested as the team works with local communities to ensure no hunting takes place in the protected area;
- Participatory ecological monitoring will help to understand the evolution of lemur populations and will involve the local communities in the conservation programme;
Threats
Habitat loss & degradation
Poaching
- The project will help local communities to mitigate activities to diminish the threat to local natural resource. This will increase the rate of lemur reproduction and reduce the rate of mortality.
This project is implemented by The Peregrine Fund.
