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.

Responsible Primate-Watching for Tourists

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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Table of Contents

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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

Bahasa Indonesia

[3] Recommendations for Responsible Gibbon Watching
- by Jessica Williams, Fan Peng-Fei, Susan M. Cheyne, Dilip Chetry and Alison Behie

Bahasa Indonesia

[4] Recommendations for Responsible African and Eurasian Monkey Watching
- by Laëtitia Maréchal, Siân Waters, Amani Kitegile, Kefeng Niu, Andie Ang, and Janette Wallis

Bahasa Indonesia

[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

Brazilian Portuguese

[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

Bahasa Indonesia

Brazilian Portuguese

[9] Unplanned or Incidental Primate Tourism
- by K. T. Hanson

Bahasa Indonesia

[10] Tourism Involving Captive Primates in Zoos and Sanctuaries
- by Andrea Dempsey and Tracie McKinney

Bahasa Indonesia

[11] Tourism and Primate Welfare
- by Brooke C. Aldrich

Bahasa Indonesia

Brazilian Portuguese

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)

Primate Tourism Case Studies

Edited by Siân Waters (psg.hpi@gmail.com)