1. Diani Sykes and Vevet Census - The Sykes and Vervet population in Diani has traditionally been largely unknown.  The Colobus trust is planning research to identify the troops and demography.
2. Colo-cones - A new innovative solution to preventing electrocutions, and perhaps other problems.  This potential solution needs to be made and tested.
3. Crop Raiding Primates Solutions - A project addressing crop raiding primates on farmers fields will begin in the middle of the 2004. The primates are affecting local farmers significantly and we will look for innovative solutions to address this issue.
4. Survey of Diani Forest - The surveys will work with local land owners to make sustainable activities to preserving the remaining patches of forest.
5. Primate Pest Behaviour - Continuing our work on primate pest behaviour, we will work with a number of solutions trying to solve the hotel pest problem humanly including monitoring the baboon vasectomy programme.
6. Good Woods - Promoting the use of sustainable tree species in the tourist wood carving industry rather than forest hard woods.

1. Kaya Forest Disturbance Survey - A study of the three sacred forests have been done to understand the extent of deforestation.
2. Baboon Demography - As part of the baboon vasectomy programme the Trust is monitoring the demography of the Baboon troops in Diani (2000-2003).
3. 2001 Angolan Colobus Census - The Trust in association with Julie Anderson of the Institute of Primatology London undertook a 4 month census to identify the population of colobus in Kwale district, south coast Kenya.
4. DeBrazza's Monkey Rehabilitation and Release - In July 2000, the Colobus Trust and Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) reintroduced a juvenile deBrazza’s monkey into the national park in Kitale, western Kenya.
5. 1999 Colobus Guereza Translocation - The Colobus Trust carried out the Translocation of 14 Colobus Gurezza in 1999. The Colobus survival was threatened by habitat degradation, poaching for their distinctive coats and persecution as agricultural pest. The colobus where moved to a protected forest where they are regularly followed to monitor their progress.
6. Colobridges in Zanzibar - The Colobus Trust joined forces with WSPA to reduce the threat of a busy road through the home of Zanzibar red colobus. The Colobus Trust lent their expertise in constructing a new colobridge.  One bridge has been constructed and has been successfully used (1999-2000).
7. Baboon Vasectomy - The Colobus Trust in conjunction with KWS undertook a year-long baboon vasectomy programme in Diani to reduce the very high growth rate of the baboon population (1999-2000).
8. 23 New Colobridges - The Colobus Trust has erected 23 colobridges along the Diani beach road with the generous funding from many individual donors (1997-2001).
9. Utilisation Survey of three coastal forests 2003 - The Trust surveyed sacred forests called Kaya in cooperation with the Coastal Forest Conservations Unit (CFCU) to analyse usage, de-forestation practices, species diversity and map boundaries.
10. Colobus Diet Anaylsis - The diet of the Angolan colobus in Diani has been studied by the Trust during the first half of 2003.  Was analyzed and used in a phd thesis for the colobus census in Kwale District of Kenya. 
11. Colobus Demography Diani - The Trust has so far carried out three years worth of research in the demography of Colobus in Diani. The research continues to cover the whole of the Diani area, a total of c. 60 troops of colobus.
12. Diani Baboon Census - Baboons are considered a pest in Diani. The census is part of a greater project to understand and thus be able to tackle the primate pest problems.

     

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