About 250 specialists, researchers, and conservation actors from Africa and elsewhere are gathered from September 8 to 11 at the Palais des Congrès in Yaoundé to discuss strengthening research and protecting endangered primates.
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The 4th Congress of the African Society of Primatology (APS), co-organized notably with the Cameroon Biodiversity Association, is held under the theme “Ethical Primatology: recognizing the role of local and indigenous communities in the conservation of African primates.”
According to the president of the APS, Inza Koné, the congress provides a space for exchanging ideas and best practices, as well as an opportunity to learn directly from communities that share the same ecological spaces as primates. The secretary general of the APS, Ekwoge Abwe, emphasized that the meeting aims not only to promote exchanges among researchers but also to “recognize the work of local communities” in the conservation of primates and their habitats.
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Participants address community conservation, the effects of large development projects on forest habitats, as well as monitoring populations of endangered primates. The congress is held jointly with a meeting dedicated to the Gorilla Agreement and will conclude on September 11.
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