Communities for Red Colobus (C4RC) is a grant funded project which was developed by Dr Mic Mayhew with national and international partners in 2019 to implement the Red Colobus Action Plan 2021-26 priorities for Endangered Temminck’s red colobus (Piliocolobus badius temminckii, TRC) populations in The Gambia (Linder et al., 2021). TRC is one of 17 species of red colobus which are widely recognized as the most threatened group of primates on the African subcontinent and in need of urgent conservation action. C4RC is supporting local livelihoods and primate conservation through community education, capacity building, primate monitoring and research, patrols and enforcement, sustainable forestry practices and ecotourism initiatives. Activities are implemented by a team of 6 local rangers and a project manager in the Sambel Kunda area of the Central River Region and at Pirang Community Forest in the Western Region.
Partners: Department of Parks and Wildlife Management (The Gambia), Department of Forestry (The Gambia), Partners For Red Colobus, Re:wild, colleagues from the Red Colobus Working Group of the IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group
Funders: Tusk Trust, Global Challenges Research Fund, Re:wild, Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation, National Geographic, American Society of Primatologists
Enquiries: Dr Mic Mayhew, michael.mayhew@cumbria.ac.uk
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