HUTAN and Community-Based Conservation

Saint Louis Zoo Anheuser-Busch Theater, The Living World
1 Government Drive, St. Louis, MO 63110
(Zoo North Entrance and North Parking Lot ONLY– Click Venue Below for Directions)

Free and OPEN to ALL. Junior Academy members and middle and high school students are welcome and encouraged to attend. Reservations not required. Parking is free in the Zoo North Lot.

Featured speaker: Marc Ancrenaz, DVM, Ph.D., Co-Founder, HUTAN and Director, Kinabatangan Orang-utan Conservation Programme

Kinabatangan in Malaysian Borneo is a hotspot for biodiversity but one that is threatened by rapid development. The French NGO, HUTAN, initiated the Kinabatangan Orang-utan Conservation Programme (KOCP) 20 years ago. Its goal is to identify ways for wildlife and people to cohabit peacefully in the same environment. Over the years, the KOCP community-based conservation approach has faced many challenges, but it also has experienced major successes that give hope for the long-term survival of wild orangutans, elephants, and other species.

HUTAN and Community-Based Conservation, is a Conservation Conversation presentation of The Academy of Science – St. Louis and the Saint Louis Zoo.