Macaca Nigra Project

Crested macaques are close to extinction as their population has decreased by more than 75% in the last 30 years. They are now one of the 25 world’s most endangered primates and will go extinct by 2050 if no change is made. Wild crested macaques suffer from habitat destruction and poaching for meat due to lack of public awareness and law enforcement.

Since 2006, the Macaca Nigra Project studies the biology and habitat of these enigmatic animals, who belong to the most tolerant primates described so far. At the same time, we protect animals in the wild, promote their conservation through collaboration with local authorities, awareness campaigns, education programmes and consultancy with local authorities.

The Macaca Nigra Project (MNP) and its branch, the Tangkoko Conservation Education Programme (TCE), is a collaboration between two Indonesian universities and several European education and research institutions. It acts in close collaboration with the local Department for the Protection of Natural Resources, the Department for Education and other local NGOs concerned with Indonesia’s biodiversity.

Eighteen years of existence and counting, the project lived through major events in 2024, between field visits, new collaborations, or major scientiˋc outputs. Financial durability is still quite a way to go but stability is half secured thanks to the most needed, substantial and long-term support of the Zoological Society for the Conservation of Endangered Species and Populations (ZGAP) and affliated zoological parks. A big thank you! >more

Content:

• Dear friends and supporters
• Highlights
• Staff corner
• Research conducted
• MNP financial statement
• TCE financial statement
• Acknowledgements
• Contact information