The East African Primate Platform was established to share information on  taxonomy, diversity, distribution and conservation status of all primate taxa in eastern Africa.

Their website is based on our long-term study, "Assessment of the Diversity and Conservation Status of Primates in Eastern Africa". Here you will find publications, brief descriptions of projects, photos, audio files, etc., on past and present work.

Primates are of particular interest and importance because: (1) they are essential components (often “keystone species”) of the ecosystems in which they occur, affecting the composition of the vegetation and accounting for a significant portion of the mammalian biomass; (2) they are vital to our understanding of human evolution and human diseases;  (3) they are among the best indicators of the health of ecosystems, and (4) they are among the most important “flagship species” for those sites in which they are found.