PrimatesPeru is an unincorporated nonprofit organisation dedicated to the study and conservation of primates in the Los Amigos Conservation Concession in southeastern Perú. Our primary focus is on the investigation of chimerism and its correlates with cooperative breeding in saddleback tamarins (Saguinus fuscicollis).
This project is affiliated to the Anthropology Department of Washington University in Saint Louis and is based on graduate research of Mrinalini Watsa. Gideon Erkenswick and Mrinalini Watsa co-founded PrimatesPeru in early 2009, with fieldwork beginning in October of 2009. The project team works out of CICRA, a biological field station in the Peruvian Amazon. We are currently accepting support in the form of volunteers, research assistants, and charitable contributions.
If the research goals of this project seem interesting to you, and you would like to assist the project, please explore the requirements to volunteer and registration options. If you still have questions, send an email to primatesperu(at)gmail.com.
Keep an eye on this website for news, blog posts and further updates on the status of the project.
See the website guide below.
On the top-bar:
- Donate offers you the chance to be a major part of this endeavor. Your support is crucial to research and rainforest conservation!
- Blog is where you can read day-to-day posts from the lead researchers.
- Science Stories contains news updates in the field of anthropolgy and wildlife ecology that have caught our attention.
- Gallery has all of our picture albums arranged by category - people, places, research and wildlife.
- E-newsletter is where you can sign-up for our quarterly electronic newsletter, PrimatesPress.
- Calendar gives you necessary information on when each phase of research is taking place as well as who is visiting the site during a particular period of time. (available to registered users only)
On the left side-bar:
- About Us includes biographies of the project team.
- Research provides a brief description of the project, including species and area pictures. Additional informatin on the project is available pending site registration approval.
- CICRA is the field site for PrimatesPeru and, if for no other reason, you should visit this page to see some wonderful photographs of the wildlife in the area.
- How you can help explains all the ways in which you can assist this project. Support us with a charitable contribution and get further involved by volunteering. If you are known to us, just register directly to the site. If you're interested in formally joining the team as an assistant, registering at this site is still easy but subject to approval. You will be asked for some information, including your motives for joining the project, skills, experience and background. Consider this to be your application to be research assistant. If you meet the requirements for research assistantship you will be provided with access to more details on the project, including costs, travel tips, research reading, etc.
- Contact Us allows you to send us comments, questions, and suggestions.
If there is something that you cannot find or is unclear, please leave feedback here.
