Caption: The Southern California Primate Research Forum taking place at Cal State Fullerton April 28 will focus on the difficulties of rehabilitating captured primates and reintroducing them into the wild.
Great Ape Rehabilitation
Primate Conservation Is Focus of April 28 Research Forum
April 19, 2012 :: No. 151/mkc
What:
“Primate Conservation in Today’s World,” is the theme of the April 28 Southern California Primate Research Forum hosted by Cal State Fullerton. Presenters will examine challenges facing nonhuman primates due to habitat loss, hunting and other human activities, as well as the difficulties of rehabilitating and reintroducing primates — especially great apes — back into the wild after they have been removed from the wild. The forum is open to the public.
When:
Saturday, April 28
8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Where:
Cal State Fullerton Mackey Auditorium, Ruby Gerontology Center
800 N. State College Blvd., 92831
Who:
Raffaella Commitante, Cal State Fullerton lecturer in anthropology, will present “Methodology for Conservation: The Collaboration and Implementation to Succeed.”
Chia Tan, scientist at San Diego Zoo's Institute for Conservation Research, will discuss "Advancing Primate Conservation in Asia: Research, Capacity-Building and Education."
Richard Tenaza, professor of biological sciences at the University of the Pacific, and Linda Burman-Hall, professor of music at UC Santa Cruz, will present “Mentawai: Listening to the Rainforest — a Meditation on Endangered Primates and Their Habitat.”
Norm Rosen, president of Orangutan Conservancy, founder of the Southern California Primate Research Forum and a CSUF lecturer in anthropology, will deliver “Obstacles to Primate Conservation.”
Peter J. Fashing, CSUF assistant professor of anthropology, will moderate a roundtable discussion on primates.
Additional:
“There will be a particular focus among the speakers on the conservation challenges facing primates and how to overcome them in Asia, a region whose primate populations have been decimated by human activities in recent decades,” said Peter J. Fashing, assistant professor of anthropology and a forum organizer.
Sponsors:
Southern California Primate Research Forum, CSUF Anthropology Department and Environmental Studies Program
Cost:
$12 general admission, $7 for students with identification. RSVP requested by email to NormRosen@aol.com.
More Information:
Available online at http://scprf.ucsd.edu/SCPRFcurrent.html or from Fashing at 657-278-3977 or pfashing@fullerton.edu
Media Contact:
Mimi Ko Cruz, 657-278-7586 or mkocruz@fullerton.edu
