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NPC has found a new site to see the Long-whiskered Owlet near the village of Yambrasbamba, Amazonas. The site, located just off a well maintained dirt road is by far the most accessible site to see this legendary bird. The site has attracted the interest of the residents of the community who have decided to protect it and develop ecotourism, NPC is of course helping the community. The site has been secured with a fence and a payment of $15 has been implemented for tourists wishing to visit area. 100% of this money goes to the community: divided between the maintenance of a 5000 ha communal conservation area, and generating income for local residents. Local field guides have been trained by Neotropical Birding Tours. The area is about half an hour drive from the town of Pomacochas, there is a small hotel and basic restaurants in the village itself.

All visits to the area must be pre-arranged by contacting NPC.

In research conducted earlier in the year a team from NPC completed the first range wide survey of its Peru projects flagship species, the yellow tailed woolly monkey. While searching new areas we were able to record this species in the department of Huanuco for the first time and also in the department of La Libertad for the first time since 1974. These areas are often overlooked by conservationists as most of the species known range is found in the neighbouring departments of Amazonas and San Martin.  

Native only to a small area of Andean cloud forest in north-eastern Peru, and cited by the IUCN as one of the 25 most endangered primates in the world, the yellow tailed woolly monkey is so rare that it was believed to have gone extinct until, in the mid 1970’s, a small number of sightings were made of the elusive primate.

With so few remaining in the wild these new areas give hope for the species’ survival. NPC already works with many local communities, NGOs and governments throughout Amazonas and San Martin to promote conservation of this species and its habitat. What we now hope to do is extend our work to include these new populations.

The application deadline for the next volunteer expeditions to Peru is almost up. Dont miss out on this chance to be part of our team and help conserve the yellow tailed woolly monkeys.

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The Yellow Tailed Woolly Monkey Project enjoyed a ten day visit of the “Living on the Edge Productions”, who filmed the different aspects of the project. Everyone was very happy to take part in the film and excellent footage was captured of both human and non-human.

The crew also filmed the women of the AMAVLE, a communal association established by NPC, who recently got awarded a grant by development NGO “Sierra Norte” for the development of sustainable economic alternatives. These funds are used to purches equipment and further build the womens capacity in designing and producing handicrafts. The women were filmed telling of how they are hoping to find markets for their products which will give them well diserved economic indipendance from their husbands as well as an opertunity to promote the special biodiversity of the area by intagrating images of wildlife in their handicrafts.  

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