Meeting Time
Monday 3:05PM
Project description
Global EPICS in Vietnam – study abroad
The Monkey Enrichment EPICS Project is operating in tandem with the EPICS in Vietnam Study Abroad opportunity each December. The problem at hand is that at the Son Tra Nature Reserve in Da Nang, Vietnam, a critically endangered population of Red-Shanked Douc Langurs is facing habitat fragmentation due to developments on the Son Tra Peninsula. One of these developments is the Intercontinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort, which now has a team of conservationists that installed bamboo and wire bridges to help the primates safely migrate across their roadways. It is the goal of our EPICS project to create a more long-lasting and adaptable bridge system to provide them with safe migration routes. In December 2024, the EPICS team will travel to Da Nang, Vietnam to implement a second prototype to carry out maintenance, testing, and data collection of their design.