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Protecting the Douc Langur

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Our Mission

July 18, 2012

The Douc Langur Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c3) conservation, research and education organization dedicated to protecting the Douc Langur and their wild habitat to ensure that doucs will survive in their home range for future generations.

History

January 19, 2007

The DLF was founded in 2007 after the largest douc population ever found was discovered by the DLF at Son Tra Nature Reserve near Danang, Vietnam. The story goes like this. In late November, 2006 Danang Forest Protection Department asked the DLF to complete a critical survey at Son Tra Nature Reserve to substantiate whether…
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Board of Directors

June 19, 2001

Lois K. Lippold, PhD is President and founder of the Douc Langur Foundation and has spent more than 40 years in scientific research and conservation activities focused on Douc Langurs in Vietnam.  She conducted the first field study of doucs in 1974 during the Vietnam War (referred to as the American War in Vietnam) at…
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Douc Langur Foundation

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.

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