Today the education and web team went to Kassisi School, where their wildlife club was holding ctivities – and the Primate Handshake had the opportunity to be part of them. We arrived at 10am, and after a quick meeting with the teachers and organizers of the event to arrange last minute details, we joined the [...]
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24. July 2010
Today the education team, Suzanne, Abbie, Jade and Ellie, went to Kasiisi School to teach a conservation lesson as part of the schools wildlife club. We were joined by Ben and Natasha from the video team, so they could make a documentary of our day. Rehmat, Alex and Kiera from the web team came to take [...]
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16. July 2010
Today, after an early breakfast, we started our journey to Kibale National Park for a wildlife walk. Mixed feelings and expectations were raised by many of the volunteers, as it was going to be their first experience in an African National Park. At the park, we were divided in to two groups with different tour [...]
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5. July 2010
Photos by Rehmat Rayat. Today was an amazing day! We went to Ngamba Island (Chimpanzee Island); a journey that took us about one hour and a half crossing over the Equator on the beautiful Lake Victoria, starting from Entebbe and finishing in the Sanctuary. The whole day was very productive and also a breathtaking experience for some [...]
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4. July 2010
Dance Together Uganda- One step at a time! On the second night of the handshake project we all did something slightly different. We went to a local dance class in Kampala that is part of an ongoing community project. It started in 2006 and is open to all ages. The group meets to learn a variety of [...]
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13. May 2010
World leaders have failed to deliver commitments made in 2002 to reduce the global rate of biodiversity loss by 2010, and have instead overseen alarming biodiversity declines. These findings are the result of a new paper published in the leading journal Science and represent the first assessment of how the targets made through the 2002 Convention [...]
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27. January 2010
The world’s first film shot entirely by chimpanzees is to be broadcast by the BBC as part of a natural history documentary. Article by Matt Walker, BBC Earth News – http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8472000/8472831.stm The apes created the movie using a specially designed chimp-proof camera given to them by primatologists. The film-making exercise is part of a scientific study into how [...]
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19. January 2010
The United Nations have declared 2010 the year of International Biodiversity. According to reports, the increasing loss of species across the globe is not only affecting the environment, but the well being of the human species. The UN exclaims that, “…as natural systems such as wetlands and forests are gradually eroded, we lose the services that [...]
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6. January 2010
The chilling arctic weather front currently moving across the UK is of concern to zoos and safari parks – some turning to the offer of hot potatoes as a method to keeping their resident primate populations warm. Photograph: Knowsley Safari Park/PA Original article: UK faces coldest winter in 30 years
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13. December 2009
Researchers claim to have deciphered the way primates communicate. The article by Chris Green from The Independent details the various calls made by Campbell’s monkeys with an aim to interpreting what they mean. The article reads: The secret behind the origins of human language may lie in the jungle chatter of a species of monkey, a team [...]
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24. July 2010
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