#19 Colin Chapman | Primatologist & Conservation Scientist on Primates, Ecology, Conservation, Memorable Interactions with Wildlife, and Life on Our Planet [#19]

HAVE YOU MET... COLIN CHAPMAN

Colin is a Primatologist, Conservation Scientist, Anthropologist, and Field Biologist. He's a Professor at George Washington University, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, a Member of the Committee of Research and Exploration at National Geographic, and an Associate Scientist of the Wildlife Conservation Society in New York.

He is Director of the long term Kibale Monkey Project in Uganda, focused on primate ecology and conservation, amongst lots of other things, including the union of local healthcare and conservation. Colin established a clinic in Kibale to treat the health needs of the local people, he even imported an ambulance from Canada! 

TIMESTAMPS (clickable in some apps):
[00:53] Colin's early life
Primates:
[04:38] Studying Chimpanzees + Other Primates in Uganda
[10:35] Bumping into a big male chimp
[16:31] Communication + Language
[17:49] Using Tools + Medicine
[21:32] Personalities + Culture
[23:28] Mental Health + Feelings
[28:35] Intelligence
[35:31] How similar are primates and humans?
Conservation:
[36:32] Consequences of us thinking we're unique from animals and other people
[39:25] Is there a place for zoos in 2021?
[43:17] Conservation statistics: devastating species + forest loss
[48:12] What can WE do to help OUR environment?
[51:42] Pesticides + pollution
[54:56] Conservation in Uganda (Kibale National Park)
[01:03:10] Conservation and Healthcare
Other stuff:
[01:16:00] Jane Goodall & Bigfoot, yeti, sasquatch
[01:19:55] Amazing Animal Encounters
[01:25:59] Does Science need to be more open?
[01:31:50] Colin's message

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Uganda Conservation Foundation

For an overview of Colin's ideas on conservation, see the following paper: [Chapman, Colin A. and Carlos A. Peres. 2021. Primate conservation: lessons learned in the last 20 years can guide future efforts. Evolutionary Anthropology 30:345-361.]

Thanks to Colin, Kris Sabbi and Tara Harris for the images. 

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