Responsible Primate-Watching for Primate Tourism Professionals

Recommendations for responsible primate-watching written by an interdisciplinary group of the IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group Section on Human-Primate Interactions (SHPI). The SHPI was established in 2018 in response to increased interactions between humans and wild primates with the goal of better understanding their multi-dimensional nature.

Photo courtesy of Russell A. Mittermeier

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For Tourism Professionals – English Version
  • Foreword by Russell A Mittermeier
  • [1] Introduction and Acknowledgements
    • by Siân Waters, Malene Friis Hansen, Joanna M. Setchell & Susan M. Cheyne
  • [2] Benefits of Primate Tourism
    • by Christine Ampumuza and Stefano S. K. Kaburu
  • [3] Costs of Primate Tourism
    • by Laëtitia Maréchal, Kimberley J. Hockings, K. T. Hanson, Kurnia Ilham and Janette Wallis
  • [4] Habituation of Primates for Tourism
    • by Carlos R. Ruiz Miranda and Malene Friis Hansen
  • [5] Recommendations for Responsible Primate-Watching for Tourism Professionals
    • by Siân Waters, Malene Friis Hansen, Carlos R. Ruiz Miranda, Kurnia Ilham, K. T. Hanson, Joanna M. Setchell and Janette Wallis

Citation: Waters, S.*, Hansen, M. F.*, Setchell, J. M., Cheyne, S. M., Ampumuza, C., Hanson, K. T., Hockings, K. J., Ilham, K., Kaburu, S. S. K., Maréchal, L., Ruiz Miranda, C. R. and Wallis, J. 2023. Responsible Primate-Watching for Tourism Professionals. IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group Section on Human-Primate Interactions.

*Joint First Authors.

Corresponding Author: Siân Waters (psg.hpi@gmail.com)

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