The use of photographs of photo prop Barbary macaques by the Moroccan media reinforces the idea that macaques enjoy the awful life they are forced to lead as they are kept on chains (and sometimes beaten with those chains),...
The BMAC team spent the weekend working with the Association Friends of Green Spaces at the Azrou Cultural Centre raising awareness about Barbary macaques and their conservation. We look forward to collaborating further with this group who attended our...
Our Director, Dr Sian Waters, co-authored this paper with international collaborators in the fight to combat the illegal trade in Barbary macaques. The paper is free to download.
After years of faithful service and very punishing work, our Monkey Bus is reaching the end of her life and we will soon be without a 4×4 vehicle. Not only does this mean we will be unable to survey...
We’ve just added one of our educational resources to our free downloads! This Barbary macaque hand puppet is very easy to make, and can be coloured in or decorated however you like. Download it here.
We have just published our Annual Report for 2016. To access and download the PDF and find out how things went for us last year, click here.
Our latest infographic focuses on the damage caused by the use of Barbary macaques as photo props. We have just had it translated into French, and you can download it here.
Please see below for our Position Statement on the exploitation of Endangered Barbary macaques in Jemaa El Fnaa, Marrakech – available in French, English and Spanish. (FR) Communiqué sur l’exploitation des macaques berbères à Jamaa El Fena, Marrakech par BMCRif,...
We were visited in October by Matthew Greene, a journalist based in Rabat. He had been commissioned to write about our work, particularly our strategies for combating the illegal trade in Barbary macaques. You can now read his article...
We are really pleased to have some beautiful new infographics about Barbary macaques to share with school pupils in Morocco and all our followers online. You can see them here in English and French. Huge thanks to David Lawes...
Le commerce illégal de la faune sauvage au Maroc Beaucoup de gens ne savent pas qu’acheter un macaque ou une tortue comme animal de compagnie a un effet néfaste sur les espèces. La plupart des gens ignorent également les...
Feature image courtesy of MICO Primatologia Les singes magots pourrait ressembler mignons et inoffensif, surtout quand ils sont encore des bébés, mais saviez-vous qu’il y’a beaucoup de risques pour votre santé si vous interagissez étroitement avec eux? Que vous...
Today, 28 September 2016, the Barbary macaque was uplisted to CITES Appendix I after a vote at CITES CoP17 in Johannesburg. While many organisations and individuals are quick to applaud this news, we at BMAC are cautious. The legislation...
We are beginning a series of blogs about CITES to raise awareness of this legislative aspect of the fight against the wildlife trade. Please see below, in French and English, for an explanation of what CITES is and what...
For a summary of another very busy year for us, click here to download our 2015 Annual Report. Please feel free to share it with anyone who is interested in Barbary macaque conservation in Morocco.
We are thrilled with our new Barbary macaque masks, designed for us by Morena Reggaiolli. You can download the female macaque mask here and the male one here if you’d like to use them for fun Barbary macaque education sessions!
Tuesday 24th May was an exciting but nerve-wracking day for Ahmed Chetwan as he conducted a lesson on his own at Adrou village school – his first solo lesson as the new Education Officer for Bouhachem. Ahmed’s nerves were...
We are very excited to share with you a report, on German television channel Deutsche Welle, which features our work in Morocco. Follow the link below, and you’ll find our segment from 17 minutes, 15 seconds in to the...
We are very pleased that our work on reintroducing confiscated Barbary macaques has been featured in Global Re-introduction Perspectives from the IUCN. The case study explains the challenges facing Barbary macaques from the pet trade and the process of reintroducing...
On Monday 22nd February, our Director, Dr Sian Waters, is giving a seminar at Oxford Brookes University. The title is ‘Using Ethnographic data to improve conservation outcomes for the Endangered Barbary macaque in Bouhachem forest, Morocco’ and will cover much...