NPC Colombia
Colombia has one of the greatest diversities of primate species of any country in the world, and many are Endemic, found nowhere else. Unfortunately many are also threatened with extinction.
Find out about our work in Colombia here!

NPC Colombia Projects
Founded in 2016 by a group of dedicated young primatologists
Forest Protection
Environmental Education
Social development
Scientific Investigation
Meet the team !

Alma Hernández Jaramillo
NPC Colombia
Alma is the founding president of NPC Colombia. She is a dedicated field researcher who has worked in Peru, Ecuador and Colombia, focusing on seed dispersal and feeding behaviour of primates.
Catalina Ocampo-Carvajal
NPC Colombia
Catalina is a biologist from the National University of Colombia, and has an MSC in Biodiversity and Conservation from the Pará Federal university, Brazil.
Juan Millan
NPC Colombia
Juan has a biology degree from Los Andes University, Colombia, and a master’s in conservation biology from the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
His principle interest is in the distribution of biodiversity and its sustainable use. He has worked in different conservation projects in the Colombian Amazon and Orinoco basins, including projects that support forestry compensations and forest restoration with an important wildlife component. Currently he is starting PhD studies at the University of Tübingen assessing the impacts of biodiversity use.
Catalina Orrego
NPC Colombia
Catalina is a conservation biologist from the University of Santa Rosa de Cabal, Colombia.
She has worked with diverse species of threatened primates, in investigation and conservation, as well as being a university lecturer. She also works in research and community conservation for the environmental authorities of Caldas, Colombia.
Sam Shanee
Sam Shanee is co-founder of NPC in the UK, Peru and Colombia. He has worked at various projects in South America, Asia and the Middle East.
Sam has an MSc in Primate Conservation and a PhD in the conservation and ecology of Andean primates, both from Oxford Brookes University, UK. Since 2007 he has been in South America carrying out conservation and research in Peru, Ecuador and Colombia, where he tries to bridge the gap between academia and activism. Sam is a member of the IUCN Primate Specialist Group, a Research Associate of Oxford Brookes University, and board member of the Latin American Primatological Society. Sam also sits on the board of NPC Peru.