WHO WE ARE
The Douc Langur Foundation was founded in 2007 by Primate Conservationists Lois Lippold and Vu Ngoc Thanh after the largest douc population was discovered by the DLF at Son Tra Nature Reserve near Danang, Vietnam.
WHAT WE DO
The Douc Langur Foundation was founded to help ensure the conservation and protection of Douc Langurs throughout their range in Vietnam.
THE DOUC LANGUR
Douc Langurs are among the most beautiful and endangered primates in the world. They are only found in three countries in the world: Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. Like so many primates worldwide, poaching, trapping and illegal trade are threatening their survival in all three countries.
DONATE TO OUR MISSION
As an incorporated 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization the Douc Langur Foundation is seeking donations, grants, and funding from individuals and private parties to support our work.
Our Mission
To protect the Douc Langur and their wild habitat to ensure that they will survive in their home range for future generations. The foundation is dedicated to the proposition that much can be done to preserve the Douc Langur including habitat conservation, research, education and local community involvement. We believe that if we can protect the Douc Langur, we will be protecting the forest and other species.
DIRECT PROTECTION
We employ local people to provide direct protection of critically endangered douc populations. These local people remove wire traps and snares set on the ground and in the trees.
READ MORESCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
Since 2007, the DLF has supported a professional staff of Vietnamese biologists and botanists to collect field observations on the douc diet, behavior and ecology all year.
READ MOREEDUCATION
In 2011 DLF started school education programs in several primary and secondary schools. It is our aim to support programs in all communes adjacent to Son Tra Nature Reserve and Chu Mom Rey National Park.
READ MOREOur award winning video
In Saving Son Tra, Lois Lippold, founder of Douc Langur Foundation, shows the effort by Douc Langur Foundation to protect the doucs and Son Tra Nature Reserve. To watch the video click the arrow on the right. Click the red button below to view other videos.
Our video was selected for World Premier at the Wildlife Conservation Film Festival and the Freeland Film Festival 2019.
Douc Langur Foundation Blog Posts
DLF is conducting summer biodiversity classes
DLF is conducting summer biodiversity classes which concentrates on the doucs and the Son Tra forest. Students are intensely interested in the doucs and we have taken the class to[…]
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Help Save the Douc Langur
Subscribe to the Douc Langur Foundation YouTube Channel The douc langur are one of the most beautiful and fascinating primate species in the world, but unfortunately, they are also one[…]
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The Devastating Impacts of Poaching on Douc Langurs
Douc langurs are a critically endangered species, the illegal hunting of Doucs is destructive to their populations. Douc populations are decreasing rapidly due to habitat loss and hunting. Hunting exacerbates[…]
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