MARC MYERS

Primate Conservation, Inc. (PCI), is an all-volunteer, nonprofit 501(c)(3) private foundation dedicated to studying, preserving, and maintaining the habitats of the least-known and most endangered primates in the world. Over 200 species and subspecies are listed by IUCN as endangered or critically endangered. The tropical forests where most primates live are disappearing at an alarming rate, and poaching is a major problem for most of these species... Noel Rowe, the author of The Pictorial Guide to the Living Primates founded PCI in 1992 after witnessing the destruction of a lowland forest in Madagascar. Since we made our first grant in 1993, we have provided full, partial, or renewal funding for more than 650 projects in 29 countries with primate habitats. Projects in Asia have received 40% of our funding, in Africa 26%, in Madagascar 20%, and in South America 15%. Grants have gone to study leaf monkeys (28%), apes (17%), lemurs (20%), cheek-pouch monkeys (12%), New World monkeys..

Also known as: primate, Primate Conservation, Inc.

Primary location: Charlestown United States