The IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group Section on Human-Primate Interactions is an interdisciplinary collaboration to improve understanding of human-primate interactions.

Mission Statement

The Section on Human-Primate Interactions is an interdisciplinary group that aims to understand the complex nature of human–primate interactions. We provide conservation practitioners with tools to manage interactions to minimise negative exchanges and promote coexistence in landscapes of increasingly rapid change.

Resources

Here you can find our relevant publications, webinars and blogs pertaining to human-primate interfaces, and more. Simply, click to get started.

Publications

Why do primates make bad pets?

Poster/infographic available in 7 languages and accompanying information sheet

No Primate Selfies Image

Best Practice Guidelines – Responsible Images of Non-Human Primates

Document available in 24 languages and a one-year later update (2022)

Responsible Primate-Watching for Tourists

11 chapters. Recommendations for tourists written by IUCN SSC SHPI.

Responsible Primate-Watching for Primate Tourism Professionals

5 chapters. Recommendations for primate tourism professionals written by IUCN SSC SHPI.

Protect Great Apes from Disease

3 posters
3 videos
1 booklet
1 offline programme
1 website with more information

All available at www.protectgreatapesfromdisease.com

Webinars

Cercopithecines, People & Covid-19 – June 2020

Decolonising Primate Conservation – August 2020

Urban Human-Primate Coexistence

Belief Systems in African Primate Conservation – October 2020

“Conservation on the Ground” – August 2021

“Community Science for Primate Conservation” – December 2021

COMING SOON

Blog

‘Neocolonial Narratives of Primate Conservation‘ 25th May 2020 – Michelle A. Rodrigues

‘Long-tailed macaques, the IUCN SSC PSG Section for Human-Primate Interactions, and I‘ 26th February 2020 – Malene Friis Hansen

Reading Lists

Ethnography, Inclusivity and Ethics in Conservation