Indian primate workshop

[Guest guest]

refer to the message below from Shirley McGreal regarding the Indian Primate

workshop which was held in Jodhpur(Rajasthan). If any proceedings from this

conference are available soon I would be interested in seeing them as I will be

in Jodhpur and Rajasthan in October. I would like to see them even if not

available soon.

 

Thank You

 

Lynette Shanley

 

 

 

Indo-U.S. Indian primates workshop begins in Jodhpur

Jodhpur (Rajasthan) September 13, 2005 11:14:14 AM IST

 

The three-day " Indo-US workshop on Indian primates " began toady at Jodhpur.

 

As many as 16 US and 45 Indian primate-scientists are attending this

workshop to draw a national action plan on " Indian primates " . This

action plan will be a part of the " Vision document 2025 " and the

primate-scientists have already started drafting this document.

 

" The primatology is a subject close to human history, culture and

mythology. Before formulating this national action plan, we should

give a thought about Indian mythology. Many scientists have not

incorporated this into modern scientific researches. The habits of

the primates are changing and they are inching closure to human

territory. It can create an adverse situation in the entire living

system while those primates carry many diseases. They should be kept

away from the humans, " chief guest Professor. Ram Harsh Singh, vice

chancellor of Rajasthan Ayurveda University, said.

 

Professor Singh further said that a primatologist should discover all

social and biological phenomenons: why these primates tend to migrate

to other places. India should preserve these primates for carrying

biological research.

 

The division of International Conservation of U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service supports a mega project called Indo-US Primate Project, which

is now converted into Primate Research Centre to take up various

research works on Indian primates, said David A. Ferguson, Director

of Division of International Conservation of U.S Fish and Wildlife Service.

 

Ferguson added the U.S government had supported India with many

projects for the conservation of Indian wildlife and primates. India

is very rich in wildlife and primates and it has one of the important

bio-geographical spots of the world. India has sufficient

infrastructure and best primate-scientists who could take up

initiatives for the conservation of the Indian primates.

 

Dr Arabinda Mitra, Executive Director of Indo-US Science and

Technology Forum, New Delhi, said that Indo-US relationship was

dominated by the science and technology collaboration. In many

spheres, scientists of both countries have been working on

collaborative programmes. Pointing out the conservation of Indian

primates, he says that Indias primates are at the alarming stage and

we should take this issue seriously.

 

The Indo-Us Primate Project is one of the best projects initiated for

the conservation of Indian primates. And we are trying to arrange

more funds for such projects, said Dr. Marco S. Di Capua.

 

Professor S.M. Mohnot, the chairman of Primate Research Centre,

elaborately reviewed all the research works done on Indian primates

and expressed his deep concern of conservation of Indian primates.

 

Dr. Anthony Raylands, the deputy chairman of Conservation

International informed that there were 70 genera and 350 species of

primates have been identified world over.

 

American and Indian scientists have been jointly assessing and

evaluating the overall situation and the crisis of the Indian

primates, and based on the findings, they will draw a national action

policy. (ANI)

 

 

Dr. Shirley McGreal, Chairwoman

International Primate Protection League

PO Box 766

Summerville, SC 29484, USA

Phone - 843-871-2280, Fax- 843-871-7988

E-mail - smcgreal, Web: www.ippl.org

 

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