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.
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- Foreword by Russell A Mittermeier
- Avant-propos par Russell A Mittermeier
- [1] Introduction and Acknowledgements
- by Siân Waters, Malene Friis Hansen, Joanna M. Setchell & Susan M. Cheyne
- [2] Primate-Watching and Primate Life-Listing
- by Andie Ang and Russell A. Mittermeier
- [3] Recommendations for Responsible Gibbon Watching
- by Jessica Williams, Fan Peng-Fei, Susan M. Cheyne, Dilip Chetry and Alison Behie
- [4] Recommendations for Responsible African and Eurasian Monkey Watching
- by Laëtitia Maréchal, Siân Waters, Amani Kitegile, Kefeng Niu, Andie Ang, and Janette Wallis
- [5] Recommendations for Responsible Lemur Watching in Madagascar
- by Seheno Andriantsaralaza and Tara A. Clarke
- [6] Recommendations for Responsible Primate-Watching in Central and South America
- by Carlos R. Ruiz Miranda, Maurício Talebi and Tracie McKinney
- [7] Recommendations for Responsible Primate-Watching in the Caribbean
- by Kerry M. Dore and Julia A. Horrocks
- [8] Recommendations for Responsible Nocturnal Primate-Watching
- by Magdalena S. Svensson, Sharon Gursky and Angela M. Maldonado
- [9] Unplanned or Incidental Primate Tourism
- by K. T. Hanson
- [10] Tourism Involving Captive Primates in Zoos and Sanctuaries
- by Andrea Dempsey and Tracie McKinney
- [11] Tourism and Primate Welfare
- by Brooke C. Aldrich
Citation: Waters, S.*, Hansen, M. F.*, Setchell, J. M., Cheyne, S., Mittermeier, R. A., Ang, A.,Aldrich, B. C., Andriantsaralaza, S., Clarke, T. A., Dempsey, A., Dore, K. M., Hanson, K. T., Kitegile, A., Maldonado, A. M., Maréchal, L., McKinney, T., Ruiz Miranda, C. R.,Niu, K., Svensson, M. S., Talebi, M., Wallis, J., Williams, J., Horrocks, J. A., Gursky, S., Peng-Fei, F., Chetry, D., Behie, A. 2023. Responsible Primate-Watching for Tourists. IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group Section on Human-Primate Interactions.
*Joint First Authors.
Corresponding Author: Siân Waters (psg.hpi@gmail.com)
Edited by Siân Waters (psg.hpi@gmail.com)