Upcoming talk on de Brazza’s monkey in San Diego Zoo’s Institute

Category: de Brazza's monkey survey
Date: June 29th 2009
By: samburumonkeys

I am here in San Diego at the San Diego Zoo’s Institute for Conservation Research where I am attending a DNA barcoding of bushmeat workshop. DNA barcoding provides a method for identifying species from unrecognizable samples of blood, bone, meat, hair, feathers, or feces. This universally applicable specimen identification method will enhance the assessment and enforcement capacity of the relevant national and international laws and regulations, and will thereby contribute to the protection of exploited species.

On Wednesday 1st July 2009, I will give a talk on my ground breaking study on de Brazza’s monkey in Kenya. The Seminar will also feature other African conservationist from Cameroun, and Uganda. The talk will focus on the pioneering study on the newly discovered population of de Brazza’s monkey in Mathews range fores. Below is a notice of the Seminar.

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Iregi Mwenja

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8 Comments

  1. Francis Ndiritu
    Posted June 30, 2009 at 12:16 am | Permalink

    This is so great an achievement you have made Mr Mwenja. Well done and keep up.

  2. Liz
    Posted June 30, 2009 at 5:54 am | Permalink

    Bravo on all your work on bushmeat.
    The DNA bar-coding sounds really cool. Is it already being applied?

  3. samburumonkeys
    Posted June 30, 2009 at 7:57 am | Permalink

    Thanks Liz and Francis. DNA barcoding of bushmeat is not being applied anywhere in EA as far as I know. Me and my colleague from Uganda are hoping to introduce it in EA. Cameroun has a small lab in Limbe where this new technique is being applied.. at a pilot level in Africa.

  4. Brenton H
    Posted July 1, 2009 at 7:36 am | Permalink

    Is there a conservation plan to save the DeBrazza’s? How can people help?

  5. Iregi
    Posted July 1, 2009 at 10:16 am | Permalink

    Hi Brenton,

    Thanks for your interest in de Brazza’s monkey. We are planing some awareness raising activities later this year. I will email more details later.

  6. Patrick
    Posted July 1, 2009 at 12:17 pm | Permalink

    Sounds great. I will be there to watch the presentation!

  7. Kivai
    Posted July 3, 2009 at 10:30 am | Permalink

    Hi Mwenja,
    Congrats man for the good steps you are taking to promote primate conservation. Keep the ball rolling. Hope to share with you the skills you will bring back.
    Have a nice training.
    Stan

  8. samburumonkeys
    Posted July 3, 2009 at 12:21 pm | Permalink

    Thanks Stan. I will be very happy to share with you the knowledge getting here. Hope doing a good job with your primates projects

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