Domingo Canales, the reestablishment of the SLAPrim

Domingo Canales, honorary president of the Latin American Primatology Society (SLAPrim), recalls the training and evolution of this group of Latin American primatologists since its establishment in 1986, contextualizing the Society’s reestablishment 28 years later. From Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico, he sends a message talking about the objectives the SLAPrim has in this new stage.

Milton Thiago de Mello

Trough videoconference from Brasilia, Brasil, May 2013, Milton Thiago de Mello, first president of the Latin American Primatology Society (SLAPrim), explains how the first SLAPrim developed and sets the idea of emphasizing new primatologists’ professional training as part of the reactivation process of the SLAPrim.

Primatologists on the reestablishment of the SLAPrim

A group of primatologists working at Latin America express their opinion on the reestablishment of the Latin American Primatology Society, together with their expectations and contemporary primate’s research and conservation needs to reach greatest scientific development, highlighting the importance of collaboration between research groups at a regional level.

Young primatologists on the SLAPrim

The importance of researchers and students mobility is discussed, together with regional collaboration to strengthen Latin American primatology. Developing primatologists talk about their fields and the challenges they find. They also share their point of view on the reestablishment of the Latin American Society and what they expect from it.