US students talk protection on snub-nosed monkeys

A group from Middlebury College in Vermont, United States, visited the Yunnan Baima Snow Mountain National Nature Reserve on May 3 to carry out a global sustainable development project.

The 16 teachers and students were drawn in particular to the reserve’s troop of snub-nosed monkeys – a species only found in Yunnan, Sichuan, Tibet, and Guizhou, as well as northern parts of Vietnam and Myanmar.

Experts on wild animal protection from Lijiang’s forestry bureau held talks with the American group about the different ways snub-nosed monkeys, known locally as Yunnan golden-haired monkeys, are being protected at the reserve.

A pair of Yunnan golden-haired monkeys perch themselves on a branch at Yunnan Baima Snow Mountain National Nature Reserve. [Photo/Yunnan.cn]

A family of snub-nosed monkeys embrace at Yunnan Baima Snow Mountain National Nature Reserve. [Photo/Yunnan.cn]

Teachers and students from Middlebury College in the US discuss ways to protect snub-nosed monkeys. [Photo/Yunnan.cn]