Back from the field ...

Some happy news to share from the past few months:
1) Awards:

• Anaid was awarded a Latin American Student Field Research Award and a Primatological Conservation Inc grant.
• Nancia received an Ikala STEM Small Grants for Research. 
• Both Rindra & Nancia were awarded a Duke Lemur Center’s Field Improvement Grant for Malagasy Students.
• Vero was selected as a Philomathia Graduate Fellow in Environmental Sciences and a Rocca Fellow.

2) Publications:

• Kat and her colleagues published a paper in Biotropica about the challenges of forest restoration in Madagascar 
• Onja & colleagues published a set of principles and practical suggestions for equitable fieldwork in biology, an article about the future of sub-Saharan Africa’s biodiversity in the face of climate and societal change, and about potential of social media to promote primate conservation at the local level (this last one co-authored with Nancia & Vero)
• Anaid & colleagues published a paper about the global importance of Indigenous Peoples, their lands, and knowledge systems for saving the world’s primates from extinction

3) We recently came back from successful fieldwork. You may look at some of our field pictures here and read about Jade's most recent field update here. More updates soon..