ASP Conservation Small Grant Award Winners for 2007

Conservation Award ($750)

• Mr. Hajarimanitra Rambeloarivony from Agroforestry School of the University of Antananarivo, Madagascar

Subscription Awards (for the American Journal of Primatology)

• Mr. Sarowo Sumarto from Sam Ratulangi University, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Small Grants (up to $1500)

• Nguyen Vinh Thanh, Vietnam National University Hanoi – "Behavior and ecology of Delacour's langur in Van Long Nature Reserve, Vietnam" – $750
• Serge A. Wich, Great Ape Trust – "Determining the effects of logging on orangutan behavior and survival in Ketambe, Sumatra, Indonesia" - $750
• Caie Yan, Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - "The effect of habitat fragmentation on genetic differentiation and immigration rate of an Asian colobine: Rhinopithecus roxellana" - $1400
• Wendy Erb, Stony Brook University – "Behavioral ecology of simakobu monkeys (Simias concolor) in northern Siberut, Indonesia" - $1500
• Graham Edward Wallace, Oxford Brooks University – "Analysis of primate crop-raiding behavior and development of on-farm techniques to reduce farmer-wildlife conflict in Masindi District, Uganda" - $1000
• Courtney Sendall, University of Toronto – "Edge effects on lemurs, lemur parasites, and trees in Ankarafantskia, Madagascar" - $1500
• Christos Astaras, Georg-August-Universitat Gottingen – "Ecology and status of the drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus) in Korup National park, Southwest Cameroon: Implications for conservation" - $1500
• Mohammed Mostafa Feeroz, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh – "Field course in primate conservation biology at the wildlife rescue center, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh" - $1480
• Michael Stern, Chimp-n-Sea Wildlife Conservation Fund – "Kibale community fuel wood project" - $1120

TOTAL AMOUNT:  $11,750