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Another project field assistant, Elba, has left after spending six months with us. Elba liked to work with locals, was involved in workshops and created a book for local children that should help to educate them about tarsier conseration. Here is her story: „All children like stories, and if with that story they learn about tarsier...
Recently, a seminar about handicrafts was held in the village of Subayon , Bilar-Bohol. Attended by a large number of local people of all ages, the workshop was about how to make dream catchers and other crafts made from common materials in the area such as coconut shell and bamboo. The workshop was held with the joy...
Prof. Lovegrove and colleagues masured body temperatures of six mammalian species and compared them with temperature of the enviromnent. They revealed that small tropical mammals are especially vulnerable to climate change due to their physiology. Increasing temperature can lead to changed metabolism and it is especially risky when the animals cannot move to colder areas...
As a part of our current project activities we work on establishing of a breeding centre as a first centre focusing on conservation and research tarsier in the scientific way. It will serve as a basis for establishing a viable captive population of the Philippine tarsier. The area where the centre will be located was purchased by Bohol Habitat Conservation...
At least 73 people have been reported dead after a magnitude-7.2 earthquake hit the central Philippines. At least 57 people were confirmed dead in Bohol. Luckily, the Bohol Habitat Conservation Centre in Bilar, the field station of our Tarsius project, is without severe demages, as confirmed by Felix Sobiono, the director.
The annual EAZA (European Association of Zoos and Aquaria) conference was held in Edinburgh in the last week of September. As a part of the programme for the Saturday afternoon there was a section about endangered Philippine species. During this session Milada Řeháková presented a summary of successes and plans of the Tarsius project.
We are looking for a tarsier conservation assistant and for a Philippine/Asian insect identification assistant (please see below) Tarsier conservation Project assistant We seek a voluntary field assistant for a minimum of 6-months, live-in position, (longer preferred) suited to persons who have studied within the field of Primatology, Ethology or closely related Zoology fields and who are looking for...
A tarsier was recently found in Manila. Probably he was kept as a pet which is illegal but common practise in the Philippines. Unfortunatelly, animals kept in captivity do not survive long. Read more
Dear friends of the rainforests, Our partners in the ALDAW indigenous network in the Philippines have called on us for our help. The Philippine government plans to promote oil palm plantations on a vast scale on the tropical islands of Mindanao and Palawan, on rainforest land and the ancestral homes of small farmers and indigenous peoples....
Spending night in the forest – for tarsier researchers an everyday activity, for most of locals a night mare, for tourist on the other hand it might be a challenge and a new experience. The idea of organizing a night safari tours where tourists can spot tarsiers and other unique wildlife was carried out by Cristy Burlace, founder of...
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