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and Gee’s golden langur (Trachypitecus geeii) in the Eastern Himalayas. Knowledge of primates and their conservation crisis should bring about ecological awareness and responsibility: conservation education best serves this function. ‘Primates for Posterity’ was designed to endow the participants with techniques and values required to exhibit ecologically responsible behaviour. The project was conducted in four schools in Tamil Nadu, India: 2 test schools (one from a lowland area and one from a mountain region) and 2 control schools (again, one from a lowland and one from a mountain area). The authenticity of the programme was measured in a number of ways. The project demonstrated that time is not a barrier to an environmental education programme by proving the credibility of ‘Primates for Posterity’ through pre-test and post-test knowledge and attitude score assessment of the participants. A significant rise in post-test scores was evident across the sample. The test schools scored higher than the control schools in the posttest indicating that the education programme had a positive effect. The attitude scores of the participants remained fairly constant before and after the programme. The mandatory Environmental Science module and religious views of the participants could be considered to influence the attitude of the participants towards animals. The impact of geographical location (participants were either from the mountain region close to wildlife or a plain farther from wildlife) was tested as a possible factor of influence on the environmental knowledge and attitude of the participants. Geographical location was found to have a significant impact on the environmental knowledge and attitude quotient of the participants. Both male and female participants showed no difference in knowledge and attitude scores, thus removing gender as a possible factor of disparity. The credibility of tools such as Microsoft PowerPoint was tested and a new tool namely Jungle Sounds was introduced and assessed. The first presentation “Primates for Posterity: Primates and their conservation” was most favoured by the participants followed by the ‘Virtual Jungle: Jungle sounds’ session. This assessment paves the way for introducing more creative tools that bring conservation to life in a classroom by prompting the aesthetic awareness of the participants. Another important feature of “Primates for Posterity” is the career lecture which sought to explain to the participants the prospective careers one could have in conservation. Twenty-five percent of the test group participants found the lecture to be “very informative” and 46.9% found the lecture to be “informative”, thus reinstating the importance of such features in environmental education in India. 38
Students with the principal investigator Conservation assessment of Taï monkey fauna from two survey methods and a bushmeat market study: how hunting impacts Taï National Park RYAN COVEY Awarded a PSGB Conservation Grant in March 2009 Primates throughout Côte d’Ivoire are at risk of being hunted to extinction. The national park status afforded to Taï National Park and its inclusion on UNESCO’s World Heritage List has failed to protect its biodiversity. In addition to hunting, deforestation, gold panning, and overuse of the buffer zone by locals threatens many species with extinction. In order to assess the threats facing Taï National Park’s primate fauna, I used two survey methods to determine density and distribution of eight diurnal monkey species adjacent to a protected research area. In addition, I assessed the most significant threats facing these primates, and analyzed the impact of a local bushmeat market. 39
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