Titre |
Sclater's Black Lemur, Blue-Eyed Black Lemur ,Eulemur flavifrons (Gray, 1867) Madagascar. |
Classification |
SCIENCE DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT. |
Résumé |
The Sahamalaza Peninsula is also a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. The Association Européenne pour l'Etude et la Conservation des Lémuriens (AEECL) isa consortium of European zoos that have joined forces to conserve Madagascar's lemurs, with the involvement of representatives of local communities from the Sahamalaza Peninsula and representatives of WCS and several other environmental institutions. AEECL implemented a natural resource management programme in Sahamalaza in December 2000 in orderto protect the remaining lemur habitat and to improve the living standards of the local human population. AEECL also maintains a field station in Sahamalaza, which serves as a basis for studying the conservation ecology of E. flavifrons and of other lemur species in the area. As of 2008, there were 30 blue-eyed black lemurs living in European zoos (Moisson and Prieur 2008).The European captive population of the subspecies is being managed in a European Endangered Species Programme (EEP) coordinated by Mulhouse Zoo. |