As the year is ending we want to talk today about the projects and activities we develop this year. Probably one of the main goals of 2025 was finishing the project focus on the distribution of the ornate titi monkey (Plecturocebus ornatus). This project started in 2024 and we were able to finished, including the publication of its result in 2025. Although our results were more discouraging than we expected and we had to change this endemic species to a more threatened with extinction category (i.e. they have more risk to disappear in the near future than before), at least know we know what we need to do and we hope that we can make a difference for them in the next few years.We have the opportunity to showed these results in different scenarios and talk about this endemic species to different audiences, from kids to land owners and conservation organizations and other academics in our region and internationally. This project was possible thanks to the incredible support of Little Chalcraft Fund – Rewild and Primate Conservation Inc, we are grateful for their support.

We also started a new project focus on the distribution of another endemic species (Saimiri albigena), a species that is close to my heart as I did my undergraduate and master thesis focus only on this species and is one of the species most found in centers for animals suffering from traffic for pets market in some parts of Colombia. In 2025 we were able to make half of our planned samplings and we are starting to process that data. This project is supported by Rewild.

Additionally we were able to start a new education activity in which we place a tent with education activities and material near to the main activities during town festivals, this education tent is called “El mono Zocay y sus amigos” (the ornate titi monkey and his friends). We were able to participate in one town festival this year, in Acacias town, a town located inside of the distribution of the ornate titi monkey. Hopefully, next year we will be able to participate in more town festivals inside the ornate titi monkeys distribution and increase the awareness and knowledge of this endemic species and the animals who live with them. We also continue searching and recording new Brumback night monkey nest sites in our study area. And supporting and helping, mostly with information private reserves that are located inside the distribution area of the three endemic primate species that we had focus our work in recent years: ornate titi monkeys, Colombian squirrel monkeys and Brumback night monkeys.I also like to thank all the landowners, local people, field assistants, volunteers, donor organizations and donor individuals that support our work over 2025 for helping and allowing me to continue with this project.

Merry Christmas!! And please celebrate without fireworks so our wildlife and domestic animals don’t suffer.

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