Maldonado received the National Geographic/Buffett Award for Leadership in Conservation in Latin America this month for her work on primates. Her efforts have resulted in a hunting ban on night monkeys and an open investigation into this illegal market, dramatically reducing the trafficking of night monkeys captured and sold for use in laboratory experiments. She also works closely with local communities and has established several sustainable economic alternatives for those who had relied on wild monkeys for their subsistence. Rainforest Concern has supported Angela’s work in recent years.
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