After one month of fieldwork
First month of the fieldwork is over. Read more »
Research continuous…
We have first success. We managed to record several types of tarsier calls. Read more »
Finally in the forest
We are here with first news from the field, until now mostly about the traveling. After long flight we landed in Manila. My main goal was to go Bohol as soon as possible. Read more »
We are leaving for the field work
The time of sitting and planning at home is going to end and we are now about to move to the field. We are flying to Manila tomorrow. From there we will move to Bohol to the place where our project will be conducted. We will keep you informed on these web pages about the progress and we will also put new photos and audio records from the field here.
New species discovered
There is still a lot to explore in the world of tarsiers as documented by two successes of the expert scientists – rediscovery of Tarsius pumilus and description of a new species Tarsius tumpara. Read more »
We were awarded by Primate Conservation, Inc
Our project was awarded by Primate Conservation, Inc. (PCI). It is an all volunteer not for profit foundation dedicated to studying, preserving and maintaining the habitats of the least known and most endangered primates in the world. So is the Philippine tarsius, our project should answer important questions about its ecology.
Zoo Decin is partner of the Tarsius project
Zoo Decin is became official partner of the Tarsius project. Milada Petrů, MSc., the coordinator of the project, has long time experiences with field research of primate behaviour and works for Decin Zoo for several years. These are the reasons why Decin Zoo decided to support our project. Thanks to it we can develop sponsoring programme of the project. The donation contract will be prepared. We are preparing also the adoption programme. You can support our project by financial or material donation.
We will publish more information on our web pages. If you are interested please contact us directly tarsiusproject(at-sign)g-mail.com. Informations about project will be regularly published on our web page, and in czech also on www.hedvabnastezka.cz/expedicni-fond, where our project got award of Expeditionary fund and www.zoodecin.cz.
Our project was awarded by Expeditionary fund
Projekt Tarsius získal prestižní ocenění Expedičního fondu Hedvábné stezky. Ve čtvrtém kole této soutěže se utkalo devatenáct cestovatelských, objevitelských či vědeckých projektů. Devět z nich bylo oceněno a mezi nimi také náš projekt Tarsius. Díky tomu jsme získali nemalou finanční částku, ale také tolik potřebnou mediální podporu. Expedičnímu fondu a všem partnerům tímto převelice děkujeme a vám ostatním děkujeme za přízeň. Více informací najdete na www.hedvabnastezka.cz/expedicni-fond.
Web page launched
Dear all,
we would like to introduce our new web page of The Tarsius Project. Our project focuses on research and conservation of the endangered primate the Philippine tarsier (Tarsius syrichta). If you are interested in this topic and you would like to know more about us and our project, you will find it all on our web pages. Here you will find also the origin of this idea and what all we have done so far. Don’t hesitate to contact us for details.
