The Rainforest Habitat Blog: Yai’s Monkeys

The Rainforest Habitat Blog Yai’s Monkeys July 14, 2008 It turns out the monkeys are Crab-Eating Macaques, also known as Long-tailed monkeys (Macaca fascicularis). They are ecologically diverse and, despite their name, will eat almost anything! I decided to visit… Read more...

 

The Rainforest Habitat Blog: The First Encounter

The Rainforest Habitat Blog The First Encounter July 13, 2008 Today was the day of the Primate Habitat Restoration Project tree planting, where volunteers from the village planted a total of 1,500 fruit trees around the entrance to the cave.… Read more...

 

The Rainforest Habitat Blog: The Study Preliminaries

The Rainforest Habitat Blog The Study Preliminaries July 9, 2008, in the mountains outside of Chiang Mai, Thailand Today I was taken to Mae On for the first time. At the foot of the stairs to Mae On Cave, there… Read more...

 

The Rainforest Habitat Blog: The Long Tail Macaques Study

The Rainforest Habitat Blog Intro to the Long Tail Macaque Study Chiang Mai, Thailand My name is Nichar Gregory and I’m a second year undergraduate Ecology student at The University of East Anglia in the UK. Ecology and conservation has… Read more...

 

Offset Carbon Emissions From Your Thailand Flight

Offset Carbon Emissions From Your Thailand Flight When you book a Flight of the Gibbon Adventure Tour™ on our site we will plant an additional 5 trees per person as part of our Thailand Forest Restoration Project. Over their lifetime,… Read more...

 

Rainforest Conservation

Rainforest Conservation So, uhmm… where are the Gibbons? That’s our question too. Deforestation, over-hunting and overuse of land in many parts of Thailand have all contributed to a a general decline in health of the forest ecosystems, including primate populations.… Read more...