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MammalsGoals Goal 1: Establish a self-sustainingtroop of woolly monkeys rescuedfrom the wildlife trade in an area oflocal extinction that is now protectedby the community. Goal 2: Consolidate andstrengthen support in the localindigenous community for their banon hunting woolly monkeys andother threatened game species intheir territory. Goal 3: Evaluate re-introduction/supplementation of woolly monkeysas a potential conservation tool forthe management of a threatenedspecies, for ecosystem restoration inareas of local extinction, and as anelement in the campaign againstillegal wildlife trafficking. Goal 4: Use the specific case ofwoolly monkeys, a threatened andecologically important species, tofacilitate the improvement ofcoordination and interpretation ofRehabilitated individuals current legal norms so that reintroduction/supplementationcan be© Angélica Martínez A.a more available and better - definedtool for species and ecosystem management in Colombia.Success Indicators Indicator 1: Survival of the liberated individuals. Indicator 2: Species-typical behavior of the liberated individuals in terms ofsocial interactions, foraging, use of substrate, and use of habitat. Indicator 3: Support, participation, and cooperation from the local indigenouscommunity for both the maintenance of the hunting ban and for protection ofthe liberated troop. Indicator 4: Application of lessons learned in regional and national naturalresource management planning.Project SummaryFeasibility: Results reported here are from an ongoing pilot study for apossible long-term project conceived gradually as part of the evolution of thecontinuing discussion of natural resource use among Amacayacu National Parkand the indigenous communities in its southern zone of influence. In 2004, theMocagua Indigenous Reserve (most of which overlaps with the Park) made acollective decision to stop hunting threatened game species in its territory, with a230