Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Chimp news from Gombe
Want to know what's going on in Gombe National Park 50 years after Jane Goodall began studying the chimps? Check out graduate student Kara's blog: http://dukeprimate.wordpress.com/category/from-the-field/
Monday, March 14, 2011
Primate Palooza 2011
The second annual Primate Palooza begins March 21!
We are still calling for art and film submissions. There will be prizes!
Check out www.primatepalooza.com and Facebook: Primate Palooza 2011 for more information.
SCHEDULE:
March 21-30 Conservation is…Art
Duke University Bryan Center
Monday, March 21 Performing Biodiversity, Dance and music showcase.
7-9pm Reynolds Theater, Duke
Wednesday March 23 Global Health and Biodiversity
6:30pm (Bingham 301, UNC-CH);
Thursday March 24 Gombe National Park: A Case Study in Research and Conservation, 5pm (BioSci 111, Duke);
Friday March 25 Strategies for Protecting Tropical Forests
4:30pm (Love Auditorium, Duke).
Saturday, March 26 & Sunday March 27 Lemur Center Tours
3:30-5pm. Sign up online at primatepalooza.com
Sunday March 27 On the Edge, Public Service Announcement screening.
7-9pm, Griffith Film Theater, Duke
Friday, February 11, 2011
Why do conservation?
Many of us are concerned about conservation issues. We care about primates. We worry about hunting and deforestation. We worry about environmental degradation. We want to protect biodiversity. But what exactly are the goals of conservationists? Is it to preserve biodiversity? To protect habitats? To save certain species from extinction?What do you think are the goals of conservation? What does conservation mean to you?
Define any terms you use (such as biodiversity).
To determine effective strategies, it is important to understand what we are trying to do!
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Workday with Ubuntu
On Saturday, the Duke/UNC Roots & Shoots hosted our largest service day yet at the Duke Lemur Center. Twenty-five volunteers spent their mornings transporting trash to a dumpster or tearing down an old enclosure. The difference in just an hour and a half’s work was dramatic. Where a building once stood, remained only fragmented pieces. The space once occupied by a tonnage of wooden beams and other parts was now empty save the separated metal bits.Ubuntu, Duke’s civic engagement themed living group, organized the day’s event with the help of Roots & Shoots as part of their annual ‘rush.’ Members and prospective members of Ubuntu volunteered. Fortunately, the tasks at hand were appropriate for such a large and enthusiastic group.
After the work segment, the Duke students broke up into smaller groups to receive tours of the center. The day’s terrific weather brought out the sifakas, ringtails, and other prosimians. As per the group’s focus on social change, Roots & Shoots got to talk especially about the center’s important contributions to conservation and the role of research in preserving biodiversity.
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