Diani is an international tourist destination located on the south coast of Kenya. This chapter addresses the issue of primate injury and death caused by wildlife‐vehicle collision (WVC), the Colobus Conservation installed the first canopy bridge in 1997, locally known as a ‘colobridge’. A preliminary study in 2011 assessed traffic volume along the Diani Beach Road and rate of use of the canopy bridges. It is important to note that canopy bridges may not be used by larger primates or those of a terrestrial nature. Between 1999 and 2012, 518 monkeys were injured or killed by vehicles on the Diani Beach Road. This is approximately a 3% loss in the local primate population annually. Though no data is available on primate road injury or mortality prior to our colobridge installations, we believe that bridge use represents a significant reduction in risk of mortality for each crossing event.
Case Study
Canopy Bridges for Primate Conservation
Handbook of Road Ecology ; 341-343
2015-04-01
3 pages
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Electronic Resource
English
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