monkeys in schools

Our Current Project

Our current project focuses on the threat the palm oil monoculture poses to the habitat of the Roloway monkey in West Africa. This play is aimed at 7 to 9 year olds (Year 3/4). Through our play and interactive children’s workshops we present the issue of ethical consumerism to these children encouraging them to think like active conservationists.

Roloway monkeys are native to a limited range in West Africa, over the last 30 years the forests that they and at least two other species of endemic primate (Miss Waldron’s red colobus - believed to be extinct and white-naped mangabey – Endangered) as well as many other species of flora and fauna have been diminished severely leaving only a very small patch in Côte d’Ivoire that is still viable for them. This has lead to attempts to conserve this unprotected swamp forest called Tanoé and to breed Roloway monkeys in captivity.

Captive breeding will prove futile if habitat is not conserved and the primary threat to their habitat now is palm oil plantations for consumption in the West. This can be curbed by selective consumerism such as with organic, fair trade and the consumer embargo on CFCs. See the parents’ section for tips on how to be a responsible consumer and help these beautiful monkeys survive.

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