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Children’s perceptions shape primate conservation message in rural communities of the Barú District, Southwestern Panama

in Folia Primatologica
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Luz I. Loría Departamento de Suelos y Aguas, Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad de Panamá, Chiriquí, 04004, Panama
Fundación Pro-Conservación de los Primates Panameños (FCPP), Panama City, C. P. 0816-05855, Panama

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Abstract

Panama is a habitat for nine primate species, and most of them are threatened. This has shown a fundamental concern in primate conservation by Panamanian-based conservation projects. Among them is the project Conservación del Mono Cariblanco en Agroecosistemas (COMOCA) which initiated a primate conservation education program in Southwestern Panama in 2022. The first stage of this program consisted of evaluating the perceptions that 102 children aged 8-12 years old have about primate habitat. I analyzed drawings made by these children exploring three different themes: (1) description of primate species, (2) primate habitat, and (3) food related to primates. The results indicate that children are more familiar with the white-faced capuchins and squirrel monkeys. Despite 89.2% of the children drawing trees, most of them painted tree crops. Thus, the top three most mentioned foods eaten by monkeys were mango, plantain/banana, and apple. These findings highlight the importance of addressing the relationship between primates and native trees in the content of the conservation education program. Additionally, the study illustrates how children’s depiction of their reality has implications for the management of human-primate interfaces.

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