Communities for Red Colobus ( C4RC ) is a grant-funded project developed by Dr. Mic Mayhew with national and international partners in 2019 to implement the Red Colobus Action Plan 2021-26 priorities for Endangered Temminck’s red colobus ( Piliocolobus badius temminckii, TRC) populations in The Gambia (Linder et al., 2021).
TRC is one of 17 species of red colobus, widely recognized as the most threatened group of primates on the African subcontinent, in urgent need of conservation. C4RC supports local livelihoods and primate conservation through community education, capacity building, primate monitoring and research, patrols, sustainable forestry practices, and ecotourism initiatives. Activities are carried out by six local rangers and a project manager in the Sambel Kunda area of the Central River Region and at Pirang Community Forest in the Western Region.
Film: View a short film by Dr. Mayhew about the C4RC project.
Publications: Mayhew et al., 2020; Minhós et al., 2020
Partners: Department of Parks and Wildlife Management (The Gambia), Department of Forestry (The Gambia), Partners for Red Colobus, Re:wild, and colleagues from the Red Colobus Working Group of the IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group.
Funders: Tusk Trust, Global Challenges Research Fund, Re:wild, Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation, National Geographic, and the American Society of Primatologists.
Enquiries: Dr. Mic Mayhew, michael.mayhew@cumbria.ac.uk
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