The Italian Association of Primatology (API)

The Italian Association of Primatology was formed in 1982 in Rome, Italy.
The aims of the Association are:
a) to promote research on nonhuman primates, and to facilitate the cooperation between primatologists;
b) to preserve and protect the interests of primatological studies, in the context of teaching and scientific research;
c) to be actively involved in the protection of nonhuman primates, with special effort focused on those in danger of extinction;
d) to promote the creation of breeding centers for nonhuman primates, under adequate scientific status;
e) to watch over scientific protocols involving nonhuman primates, with the aim of avoiding unnecessary suffering and to defend the life of species in danger of extinction.

API organizes regular meetings for its members (approximately every 18 months). Fifteen have been held since its founding in 1982.
API is a regular member of the European Federation of Primatology, and the abstracts from its meetings are published in Folia Primatologica.
A prize is given at each for the best student presentation.
At 18-month intervals, API is also able to offer a small grant for research, conservation, education projects.
In 2004 the Society will be hosting the XXth Congress of the International Primatological Society (IPS), in Torino.

The present officers are as follows:
President - Cristina Giacoma (Dip. Biologia Animale e dell'Uomo, Universita di Torino),
Vice President - Daniele Formenti, (Dip. Biologia Animale, Pavia);;
Secretary-treasurer - Paola Bigatti (Dip. Biologia Animale e dell'Uomo, Universita di Torino)
Council members:

For more information, please contact the Secretary-Treasurer, Daniele Formenti, Dip. Biologia Animale, Piazza Botta 10, 27100 Pavia, Italy, Tel: +39 0382 506324, Telefax: +39 0382 506325, e-mail: <formenti@unipv.it>. Please visit the API web page: <http://www.unipv.it/webbio/api/api.htm>.