Areas around the Naren and Sayong communities adjacent to the Baima Snow Mountain National Nature Reserve provide shelters for key Yunnan snub-nosed monkey populations. At present huge gaps are prevalent in baseline data concerning local species distribution and habitat. In 2018, we worked with Wild China Film to support the local communities in habitat patrol and species monitoring. This is part of our efforts to build and optimize the community-based monitoring and patrol system for the conservation of the Yunnan snub-nosed monkey.