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Earth Institute at Columbia University

    CERC (Center for Environmental Research and Conservation) at Columbia University.

    NYCEP   New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology.

Research Collaborators

Institute for Primate Research, Nairobi, Kenya.
The Institute for Primate Research, part of the National Museums of Kenya undertakes research in basic and applied aspects using monkeys. IPR is involved in collaborative and contract research in association with academic and industry at the international level.

National Museums of Kenya  
The mission of the National Museums of Kenya is to collect,document and preserve, to study and present our past and present cultural and natural heritage and to enhance knowledge, appreciation, respect, management and use of these resources for the benefit of Kenya and the world.

University of Nairobi, Department of Zoology
The University of Nairobi is the oldest university in Kenya.  My work has been affiliated with the Department of Zoology.

Kakamega Forest Links

BIOTA is a German collaboration involving many kinds of biological studies of forest biodiversity and fragmentation. Kakamega Forest is one of their study sites.

Earlham College Student and faculty research projects in Kakamega Forest.

ICIPE - Kakemega Forest Integrated Conservation Project
The International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) together with its Partners is implementing an integrated project that aims at contributing to the conservation of the Kakamega Forest by tackling some of the major factors that lead to its destruction and loss.

Kakamega Environmental Education Program
This grassroots conservation organization is active in a variety of ways that involve local communities in conserving and spreading knowledge about the forest.

Kakamega Forest from Udo Savalli's site at the University of Kentucky.  Udo Savalli conducted research on sexual selection in yellow-shouldered widowbirds (Euplectes macrourus) at the forest in the 1980's.

Kakamega Forest National Park
Information about how to get to the forest and some programs within the national park.

Kenya Forests Working Group
KFWG is a gathering of individuals, institutions and organisations (government and non-government, local, national and international) concerned with forests, their conservation and management.  It is a sub committee of the East African Wild Life Society.