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Conservation
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Indonesia is probably more ecologically diverse, complex and, in some areas, unknown, than any other country in the world. Within Indonesia, Sulawesi is one of the biodiversity hotspots due to its location within the Wallacea. With 7 endemic species, the diversity of macaques on Sulawesi is incredibly high. These macaques are of extraordinary importance for the understanding of primate evolution. They have been poorly studied in the wild. At the same time, their natural habitat is rapidly declining. As a result, they are all threatend by extinction with Macaca nigra being categorised as even critically endangered, thus very close to extinction (IUCN Red List 2008). The goals of the Sulawesi macaque project are to · offer Indonesian and international researchers the possibility to conduct research in the field of primatology and tropical ecology, · provide environmental education programs for Indonesian students, rangers and local people, · take action in the research area to reduce illegal logging and hunting.
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