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Secret Forest

Posted on August 8, 2016 by isantraveller

Most people who venture into the Thai monkey forest known as Don Chao Poo, Amphur Phana, in Amnat Charoen Province, don’t venture very far so what they know of the forest is the concrete road where most of the monkeys … Continue reading →

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Children of the Forest

Posted on April 25, 2016 by isantraveller

Another film posted by James Jefferies, made while he and Erin Ranney were filming in Phana. This film gives a close-up view of the interactions between monkeys and humans in Phana. Unlike the relationship between these two sets of primates … Continue reading →

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Identifying High-Ranking Female Macaques

Posted on April 10, 2016 by isantraveller

Eliana Zuckerman and Hannah Rodgers, students at Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, came to Phana to carry out their “winter term project”. They were ‘looking for a way to learn about primate behavior and contribute to environmental education’. After spending a little … Continue reading →

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Educational Video Shorts 1: Grooming

Posted on January 20, 2016 by isantraveller

While Erin and James were in Phana at the end of last year, they produced three short educational videos for us: Grooming, Feeding, and Infant Care. We put two sound tracks to each one, English and Thai. Here are the … Continue reading →

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Butterfly Spotting and Identification in Don Chao Poo Forest, Phana

Posted on June 13, 2015 by isantraveller

Butterfly Spotting and Identification in Don Chao Poo Forest, Phana By Helen Ford Introduction The forest here is full of biodiversity. You have the macaques, monitor lizards, birds of prey, ground squirrels and an abundance of different insects. My focus … Continue reading →

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Feeding Monkeys in the Forest

Posted on February 1, 2015 by isantraveller

New video produced by Phana Macaque Project This is the English-language version of a video we have produced. The target audience of the Thai-language version is Phana school students. We hope that they will gain a greater understanding of the … Continue reading →

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Activity in the Forest: Page update

Posted on November 4, 2014 by isantraveller

Why do these five monkeys appear on the recently updated page ACTIVITY in the FOREST? Visit the page to find out.  

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2013–The Year in Pictures–and a few words

Posted on December 30, 2013 by isantraveller

As 2013 draws to a close, the Phana Macaque Project (aka Phana Monkey Project) looks back at the researchers and volunteers who have made this a wonderfully productive year for us. After the first four volunteer researchers helped us to … Continue reading →

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Mapping the forest

Posted on March 16, 2012 by isantraveller

Guest blogger: Robin Southon, MSc Animal Behaviour, Exeter University, UK When our group from Exeter first arrived in Phana, we decided to familiarise ourselves with the forest and macaques by conducting a time budget analysis of the population. This is … Continue reading →

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Report on Monkey Survey at Phana

Posted on November 5, 2011 by isantraveller

Report on Monkey Survey at Phana Research teams from Thailand: Prof. Dr. Suchinda Malaivijitnond Primate Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Tel/Fax: 02-2185275 E-mail: suchinda.m@chula.ac.th Mr. Sarawoot Gomuttapong (Graduate student) Mr. Sarun Asawanuchit (Graduate student) … Continue reading →

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