We are looking for Indonesian students, interested in a position as field assistant for our project on Siberut Macaques (PI: Christin Richter); the position is available from August 2010. Read more...
The Ruffords Small Grants Foundation (http://www.ruffordsmallgrants.org/rsg/) has positively reviewed a grant proposal for M. Quintens project helping to conserve the Pig-tailed Snub-nosed Monkey (Simias concolor). Read more...
While the current SCP office did not collapse during the Padang earthquake in September 2009, a thorough assessment of the building concluded that the damages are too severe for it to be used any longer by SCP staff and researchers... Read more...
A report received yesterday from Padang confirms that all SCP staff and researchers are safe and that both SCP field sites are undamaged following last weeks earthquake. SCP staff is working to deal with the logistical difficulties caused by the quake and to restore communication and supply channels as quickly as possible. Read more...
The quake struck at around 5 p.m. local time, about 53 kilometers from the provincial capital Padang, where SCP's mainland office is located. Read more...
Colubus zoo in the US (http://www.colszoo.org/) has agreed to provide the sum of US$ 5.000,- to help support the Simias Conservation Project. Read more...
30 years after his first visit, Tony Whitten, one of the earliest scientists to conduct biological research on Siberut, has returned to the Island. Read more...
We are pleased to report that Nikon as well as Panasonic have agreed to support Marcel Quinten (P.I. project on population & habitat viability of Simias concolor) with valuable equipment for the Smias conservation project. Read more...
