BMAC Annual Report, 2016
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.
Photo prop infographic now available in French!
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.
Download our story book!
Thanks to support from Quagga Conservation Fund, we have reprinted our book, The Story of Teshta, in Arabic and French. The story is always very popular in schools in Morocco, and now you can enjoy it too! Download it in...
BMAC in Middle East Eye
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...
Le commerce illégal de la faune sauvage au Maroc/The illegal wildlife trade in Morocco
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...
Les Risques Sanitaires causés d’Interagir avec Macaques/The Health Risks of Interacting with Barbary macaques
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...
The BMAC view on Barbary macaques being uplisted to CITES Appendix I
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...
Qu’est-ce que la CITES? What is CITES?
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...
BMAC on TV!
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...
Meet Dr Sian Waters
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...
Lettre ouverte à Yassine Sawab, jeune acteur de la série “Maktou3 men chajra”
Association Barbary Macaque Awareness & Conservation Rue Fez 22, Touta Tetouan 930000 barbarymacaque.org 11 juillet 2015 Cher Yassine, Nous avons récemment remarqué que tu jouais le rôle d’un jeune garçon ayant pour animal de compagnie un macaque, dans une...
BMAC statement on TV series “Maktou3 men chajra”
Il est regrettable qu’une chaîne de télévision marocaine aie choisi de diffuser une série dont le personnage principal est un jeune garçon possédant un animal sauvage, le macaque de Barbarie, qui se trouve être une espèce en danger. Cette...
Lucy’s blog about Talassemtane
As you’ll have seen in our ‘About‘ section, our Research and Development Director, Lucy Radford, is also a writer, focusing her work on her experiences in conservation. As you’d expect, many of her blogs are about Morocco and Barbary...