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.