Field work was a HUGE success!

Jan 28, 2019

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Field work was a HUGE success! 
Final team photo! (Top left to right: Miguel Angel Cilochi, Luis Miguel Maho, Seferino Bielo; Bottom left: Sophia L Raithel (me!), and Jose Mualeri)
Overall the 3 months spent in Equatorial Guinea was a huge success. In the end I was able to lead 5 surveys in 2 regions with my amazing team of field support thanks to the funds raised here on my experiment.com page and funding from the Mohammed Bin Zayed Conservation fund. I am now back in the United States and have begun working on data analysis. Results coming soon!

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TinaJJohansen

Very impressive post!

May 11, 20190

Santiago TestaBacker

You're in the top 5 coolest women I know. Thank you for the fine work. Welcome home.

Jan 28, 20190

About This Project

Expanding survey efforts to evaluate the status of Bioko's threatened monkeys

Columbia University

This study will document locations of 7 monkey species in un-surveyed areas across Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, and determine how hunting is affecting their overall distribution and relative densities. A growing commercial demand for bushmeat has greatly threatened the viability of their populations.

Increased knowledge of the locations of these monkeys are needed for the wildlife authority to make conservation management decisions on some of its most vulnerable species to gun-hunting.