Benoit Goossens in Kyoto, Japan for the 23rd International Primatological Society Conference
1 June 2010
From 12 to 18 September, Kyoto University held the XXIIIrd Congress of the International Primatological Society (IPS), with the theme being 'Quest for Coexistence with Nonhuman Primates'. Benoit Goossens presented a paper on 'Fragmentation in large forest mammals of Borneo: the examples of Bornean orangutans and elephants' during a symposium titled 'Habitat fragmentation in time and space: lessons to learn about and from primates'.
At the same conference, Oxford Brookes University's Primate Conservation Master student Danica Stark presented a poster on work partially carried out at DGFC and titled 'Population viability analysis to manage local proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) populations' (see picture). Benoit also took the opportunity to make contacts with researchers potentially interested to study at DGFC or run a field course.
The next IPS meeting with be held in Vera Cruz (Mexico) in August 2012.