African Primates Action Plan 1986-1990

In 1977, Sir Peter Scott, then Chairman of the IUCN Species Survival Commission, asked all Specialist Group Chairmen to prepare Global Conservation Strategies for the animal groups for which they were responsible. In response to this, the Primate Specialist Group prepared a 325 page document that included 69 projects costing a total of $3,104,250. Though never published or widely circulated, this document represented the first attempt to approach primate conservation problems on a global rather than merely local basis, and also the first attempt to establish international priorities for primate conservation.  Access Full Text