PSGB Conservation Grant
PRIMATE SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN CONSERVATION GRANT
Primate Society of Great Britain (PSGB) and Born Free Foundation offer an annual £1,500 grant to support primate range state nationals working with threatened primates.
Through this grant for work on endangered primate research and conservation, Born Free has supported many young career conservationists in their hopes to help threatened wildlife.
Over the years, our support has contributed to the study and protection of a wide variety of species, including the red-bellied guenon, the white-thighed colobus, olive colobus, Barbary macaques, mandrills, Preuss’ red colobus, western chimpanzees, the Caquetá Tití monkey, and the spider monkey.
MEET OUR 2024 PSGB WINNER!
Born Free is pleased to announce that the 2024 winner of the PSGB Conservation Grant is Nicolas Gorostiaga.
Nicolas is working in Argentina to understand the influence of a dramatic yellow fever outbreak in 2008-2009 on the demography and the genetic variability of black-and-gold howler monkeys. Understanding how disease outbreaks affect the population is crucial for the conservation of these howler monkeys in South America.
Nicolas GorostiagaFollowing 38 groups of howler monkeys (some affected by the yellow fever outbreak, some not), this research will aim to describe the demographics of these populations, and, using genetic analysis, assess whether any of these populations are experiencing a genetic bottleneck.