In 2020, Three Monkeys Wildlife Conservancy was deeply involved in the reintroduction trial release of a three-member Delacour’s langur family on the semi-wild Ngoc island in Trang An – UNESCO World Heritage Site. One year later, there is exciting news!
On the 24th of October 2021, a new baby was born. The birth of this very first Delacour’s langur infant is a positive signal for biodiversity preservation in the Trang An area, where this endemic and critically endangered species had entirely disappeared. This first reintroduction step represents great hope by laying the foundation to establish a new reproductive Delacour’s langur population in this area.
This successful project is making headlines in the Vietnamese media (see link), which included a nice picture of our organization’s director of conservation strategies, Tilo Nadler.
[While our organization has been involved in this trial release of Delacour’s langurs into the Trang An World Heritage Site has involved numerous other institutions, organizations, Government authorities and funding, including: FOUR PAWS, the Ninh Binh Provincial People’s Committee, Ninh Binh Department of Tourism, Ninh Binh Forest Protection Department, Trang An Management Board, Vietnam Primate Conservation Program, Endangered Primate Rescue Center (EPRC), Cuc Phuong National Park, the IUCN Primate Specialist Group, Van Long Nature Reserve Management Board, Four Paws Viet Wildlife Conservation Center, Xuan Truong Construction Enterprise, and members of the SUNDASIA research, the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council / Global Challenges Research Fund and the UK Innovation and Research-GCRF Global Impact Acceleration Award]
