Monkey researcher Sanne Collée.
COLE BAY--Sanne Collée, a master student in International Development, will execute a thorough (participatory) research over the next two months on the socio-economic impact of the invasive Green Vervet monkey population, the Nature Foundation announced this week.
To control the monkey population, the Foundation needs to understand how big the social and economic damage is inflicted by the animals. The study has three purposes: to understand the scale of affected stakeholders and locations, to reveal the social and economic influences of the invasive monkey population, to discuss possible propositions and implications to manage the invasive monkey population and accordingly develop a response plan recommending a method of control.
The Foundation has been conducting baseline surveys in order to determine the abundance and level of threat posed by the invasive monkey population on the island while the organization has been increasingly receiving complaints and reports of monkeys causing problems for residents in various districts including: acting aggressively towards residents and pets, overturning garbage bins in numerous districts, destroying gardens and garden furniture and defecating on people’s property.
Residents are urged to send e-mails directly to the researcher at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or via call 522-3812 to report monkey sightings.
