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PROTECT, RAISE AWARENESS, ACT

La Montagne des Singes has supported the organisation Barbary Macaque Awareness & Conservation (BMAC) for many years.
BMAC fights against the illegal wildlife trade in Morocco, raises public awareness, supports authorities in confiscating wild animals, and takes care of their rehabilitation and reintroduction.

BMAC is an NGO working for the conservation of the endangered Barbary macaque and the protection of its habitat, while promoting better knowledge of the species.
It adopts a holistic, practical, and inclusive approach to ensure the effectiveness of its strategies. BMAC also supports Barbary Macaque Conservation in the Rif (BMCRif), the only Moroccan association dedicated to protecting the Barbary macaque.

Objective:

Promote the protection of the endangered Barbary macaque by:

Developing conservation initiatives
Protecting its habitat
Supporting inclusive, equitable, and sustainable research
Raising awareness among local communities about the illegal primate trade
Sharing research findings

La Montagne des Singes is committed to providing funding to support BMAC and BMCRif in continuing their vital conservation projects for wild Barbary macaques.

Support, Educate, Rebuild

2024 - 2025 :
Our 4 parks (La Montagne des Singes, La Forêt des Singes, Monkey Forest & Affenberg) provide financial support to enable Ahmed El Harrad to lead awareness-raising sessions in schools in the Tangier-Tetouan region.

With extensive experience in conservation education, Ahmed now wishes to focus once again on this aspect of his mission.

Objective:

To deliver lessons in both urban and rural schools.

In urban schools, the goal is to discourage children from wanting a macaque as a pet.

In rural schools, the emphasis is on the importance of preserving the forest, which is vital for both Barbary macaques and local communities.

Ahmed uses educational materials developed by BMAC, which have already generated great interest. He will also set up a mobile educational exhibition in each school.

BMAC plans to expand this exhibition by adding:
- A poster on the dangers of forest fires for biodiversity and Barbary macaques.
- A poster showing the infographic from the IUCN Primate Specialist Group – Section on Human-Primate Interactions, explaining why primates are not suitable as domestic pets.
2022 :

A devastating wildfire in Morocco destroys the habitat of wild Barbary macaques!

In 2022, a devastating wildfire struck the Bouhachem reserve in northern Morocco, one of the last strongholds of wild Barbary macaques.

From July 25 to August 4, over 8,000 hectares were destroyed — more than a quarter of the forest. Many monkeys perished in the flames. The fire also affected nearby villages, causing severe losses in livestock, homes, and crops.

A rescue operation was launched to assist the heavily affected local communities and to support the surviving macaques by providing food and increasing monitoring of the groups.

Our long-standing partner, BMAC (Barbary Macaque Awareness & Conservation), initiated a fundraising campaignto respond to this emergency.

La Montagne des Singes, La Forêt des Singes, Monkey Forest, and Affenberg were proud to contribute financially to this exceptional effort, in addition to their regular support of BMAC and BMCRif.

PROTECTING THE KIRINDY FOREST IN MADAGASCAR

Since 2022, we have been financially supporting the conservation project of the Kirindy Forest in Madagascar with Chances for Nature.

Lemurs, unique primates found nowhere else on Earth, are native only to Madagascar and a few nearby islands. 98% of lemur species are critically endangered, and nearly a third face extinction.

Chances for Nature works to protect the Kirindy Forest and its extraordinary biodiversity.

The Kirindy Forest is home to a remarkable diversity of life: over 200 plant species, 82 bird species, 50 reptile species, and 15 amphibian species.

Despite its legal protection, the forest remains threatened by slash-and-burn agriculture, charcoal production, illegal deforestation, hunting, and introduced species.

Since 2018, Chances for Nature has worked alongside local communities to promote education and sustainable practices.

As the Covid-19 pandemic caused a sharp decline in ecotourism revenues, the association supported local actors to continue patrolling and protect the forest.

Since 2014, Chances for Nature has been active in the field and committed to the protection of the forest through various actions.

Here we present three protection measures that we co-finance:

Information work

Only what we know we are willing to protect.

With a mobile bicycle cinema, Chances for Nature visits several village communities to raise awareness about the Kirindy Forest and sustainability.

Especially for children and young people, there is an educational camp ‘Little Rangers’. There they learn about the forest and animals.
Forest monitoring and protection

To protect the forest, money is needed to pay the salaries and accommodation of the Rangers.

In addition, the Rangers need to be equipped. For example, they need to be mobile and, in the future, a smartphone should help them to monitor the terrain.
Eco-tourism

Sustainable tourism is an opportunity to secure the future of the Kirindy Forest and at the same time create new jobs for the local population. However, to achieve this, the existing tourism infrastructure needs to be improved. The focus is also on the training of eco-guides and the improvement of animal watching opportunities.

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Chances for Nature is committed to preserving the diversity of animals and plants worldwide for our children to enjoy.

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CONSERVATION WEEK

EVERY YEAR, DURING THE AUTUMN HOLIDAYS, ‘LA MONTAGNE DES SINGES’ ORGANISES THE ‘CONSERVATION WEEK’.

The aim of this event is to raise awareness of the conservation projects supported by the park:

Chances for Nature, which works to maintain biodiversity in the Kirindy forest in Madagascar
BMAC (Barbary Macaque Awareness & Conservation), which is developing various educational projects for schoolchildren in Morocco to preserve the future of wild Barbary macaques and their natural habitats.
During the conservation week, €1 from each admission ticket is donated to these two protection operations.
The aim of this operation is to raise visitors’ awareness of the worrying situation of wild Barbary macaques and, more generally, of the decline in biodiversity.