继去年“我给长臂猿做玩具”活动成功举办，上海根与芽与上海动物园在2022年继续开展国际长臂猿日系列教育活动，向青少年和公众介绍长臂猿，呼吁大家关注长臂猿的种群生存境况，让更多青少年和公众参与“守护长臂猿”的公益活动。
In 2022, Shanghai Roots &Shoots and Shanghai Zoo again held the International Gibbon Day series events together, to raise the awareness of protecting the endangered gibbons. The
school groups have participated in these events to learn about the importance of gibbons in our ecosystem.
9月末，来自10余所学校的代表参与线上培训。上海根与芽工作人员介绍了长臂猿相关知识和东黑冠长臂猿保护工作，上海动物园的章老师介绍了动物园的长臂猿分类和丰容；第二天各位学校代表在上海动物园参观灵长类展区，近距离观察长臂猿的行为特征，更进一步了解动物园的丰容工作。
In late September, the students from more than 10 schools joined the online training. During the session, Shanghai Roots & Shoots staff introduced the basic knowledge about gibbon and the program regarding Cao Vit Gibbon in Guangxi. Ms. Zhang at Shanghai Zoo then introduced the gibbons living in the zoo and the enrichment work. Next day, the students visited gibbons at Shanghai Zoo. They observed the gibbons and their behaviors. The Shanghai Zoo staff demonstrated how enrichment worked for the gibbons.
经过一个多月的准备、设计、制作和展示，7个小组完成作品，并在线面向公众投票评选。其中包括上海杨思高级中学"臂翼双飞"团队、上海协和双语高级中学古北校区" 修勾"团队、上海嘉定区桃李园实验学校“加加护猿队”、上海虹桥国际学校、上海文来实验学校根与芽社团、上海杨思初级中学“领新护猿2.0”和上海纽约大学。（丰容作品视频可点击此处查看）。经过6000多位网友票选和上海动物园的专家评分，综合得分最高的是文来实验学校的“手敲琴”、加加护猿队的“手鼓”和虹桥国际学校的竹制风铃。
The students did research, brainstorming and designing on their own. They all made their enrichment toys for the gibbons and a short video clip to introduce their work. The video clips
were put online for the public to vote for the best one. These works were presented by the following schools, Yangsi Senior High School, United School Gubei, Taoli Experimental School, Hongqiao International School, Wenlai Experimental School, Yangsi Middle School and Shanghai New York University. (Please check out their videos here.) More than 6000 people voted online. The expert from Shanghai Zoo also rated the works. Combined these ratings, it turned out that the winners are Wenlai, Taoli and HQIS.
10月23日中山大学的范朋飞教授带来了一场精彩的讲座，生动有趣地介绍了中国的长臂猿。范教授常年从事各种长臂猿的行为生态学和保护生物学研究，也是白颊猕猴和天行长臂猿的发现者和命名者。范教授介绍了长臂猿的分类和分布，长臂猿是与人类亲缘最近的类人猿，曾经在中国广泛分布，现在仅存5种长臂猿分布在云南、广西、海南和西藏。长臂猿更是中国传统文化的一部分，古代诗歌、绘画中均有呈现。目前对长臂猿的生存威胁最大的是因素是栖息地的破碎化。
On October 23, Dr. Pengfei Fanfrom Zhongshan University was invited to speak about the gibbons in China. Dr. Fan is the leading researcher in the primatology, and also who discovered and named the White-cheek Macaque and Skywalker Gibbon. He talked about how gibbons are
distributed in the world and in China. Gibbons are one of the primates, which are very close to human being in genes. They used to be found in many places across China, such as Yangzi River areas. But now only five types of gibbons exist in China, and they can only be found in four provinces, Yunan, Guangxi, Hainan and Xizang. Gibbons are an essential part of our culture as well. They were featured in ancient poetry and paintings. To protect them, we need to protect and restore their habitat.
On October 24, Shanghai Roots& Shoots livestreamed on Weibo to speak with Guangxi Bangliang Gibbon National Nature Reserve. The chief of the nature reserve, Mr. Jiang Yang and his team introduced the history of the nature reserve and showed the audience the view
of the nature reserve on the boarder of China and Vietnam. The staff of publicity department talked about her work of promoting Cao Vit Gibbon in the local villages. The research team leader, Mr. Lin gave us a peek to how they monitor and follow the gibbon families on the top of the mountains in the nature reserve. Thanks to them, the conservation of Cao Vit Gibbon was a successful case of protecting endangered wild life. (Click here to watch the livestream)
11月26日，获奖小组们带着这些充满创意的丰容玩具来到上海动物园灵长类动物馆，给长臂猿伙伴们带去“惊喜”！在饲养员的协助下，虹桥国际学校制作的“竹风铃”被挂进了合趾猿“发发”所在展区。“发发”对新来的玩具充满好奇，她先食用了“竹风铃”里放置的新鲜食物，然后不断摆弄竹筒，琢磨着铃声从何而来。看到“发发”上蹿下跳玩着玩具，大家情不自禁发出惊讶声和欢呼声。 (回看活动直播）
On November 26, the winners of the enrichment toy competition brought their work to Shanghai Zoo to give them to the gibbons living there. The staff of Shanghai Zoo helped to placed the work of Hongqiao International School, Bamboo Chime in the living space of the
gibbon called Fafa. Fafa was very curious when facing the new toy. She ate the fruits inside the chime and kept playing with chime. It appeared that she wants to figure out how the bells made the sound. Watching Fafa getting excited about the enrichment toy, the students can’t help cheering together.
长臂猿是森林里的旗舰物种，是一个健康森林的标志，保护他们的道路任重而道远。感谢关注和喜爱长臂猿的伙伴们，积极参与到这次的“我给长臂猿做玩具”活动中来。期待明年的10月，我们能再次相聚！
Gibbons are the flagship species in the forest, a symbol of a healthy forest. Protecting them is protecting the ecosystem. Many thanks to all the participants and supporters of the educational events. We look forward to another gathering next year!