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Western Chimpanzee Action Plan informational pamphlets available

The WCAP Implementation Committee and ARCC Task Force created pamphlets in French and English highlighting key issues in western chimpanzee conservation. These are excellent resources for stakeholders and are print-ready! Click to download (For higher quality, printer-press versions, please contact the Regional Coordinator):

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Private Industry in Western chimpanzee habitats (EN | FR), Protecting chimpanzee diversity (EN | FR), Strengthening Legal Frameworks for Chimpanzee Protection (EN), Great Ape Disease Risk Mitigation for Industrial Development Projects (EN | FR | ZH | DH), and the WCAP Regional Alliance (EN)

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Our Annual Report is published

Year 2025 was a year full of activities for our community. We’ve summarized many of these initiatives in our Annual Report. You can access the report at the links below, and you can view the annual reports for previous years in our archive:

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EN | FR

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The WCAP newsletter

Our series of bimonthly newsletters has started! These newsletters offer  insights into ongoing projects, updates on conservation activities concerning western chimpanzees, and contact information for key individuals. Don't miss out—be sure to subscribe!

In case you missed a newsletter, simply explore our archive featuring all past editions.

Members of Our Community

Members of Our Community

Resources

Online Databases & Platforms

Regional and Sub-regional Action Plans & Reports 

Literture Cited
Pruetz, J.D. (2018). Nocturnal behavior by a diurnal ape, the West African chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus), in a savanna environ­ment at Fongoli, Senegal. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 166: 541–548. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23434
Pruetz, J.D., Bertolani, P., Ontl, K.B., Lindshield, S., Shelley, M. and Wessling, E.G. (2015). New evidence on the tool-assisted hunt­ing exhibited by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) in a savannah habitat at Fongoli, Sénégal. Royal Society Open Science 2: 140507. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.140507
Rainer, H. (2014). Avoiding the chainsaws: industrial timber extraction and apes. In: Arcus Foundation (ed.). The State of the Apes: Extractive Industries and Ape Conservation. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, pp. 101–125. https://www.stateoft­heapes.com/
Redpath, S.M., Young, J., Evely, A., Adams, W.M., Sutherland, W.J. et al. (2013). Understanding and managing conservation conflicts. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 28: 100–109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2012.08.021
Republic of Liberia (2017). National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan-ii 2017–2025. Biodiversity Project Team, Republic of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia. https://www.cbd.int/doc/world/lr/lr-nbsap-v2-en.pdf
Rodriguez, M., Pascual, M., Wingard, J., Bhatri, N., Rydannykh, A., Russo, A. and Janicki, J. (2018). Legal Protection of Great Apes & Gibbons: Country Profiles for 17 Range Countries. Legal Atlas. https://www.legal-atlas.com/
Rylands, A.B., Williamson, E.A., Hoffmann, M. and Mittermeier, R.A. (2008). Primate surveys and conservation assessments. Oryx 14: 313–314. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605308423050
Samuni, L., Preis, A., Mielke, A., Deschner, T., Wittig, R.M. and Crockford, C. (2018). Social bonds facilitate cooperative resource sharing in wild chimpanzees. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 285(1888): 20181643. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.1643
Samuni, L., Preis, A., Mundry, R., Deschner, T., Crockford, C. and Wittig, R.M. (2017). Oxytocin reactivity during intergroup conflict in wild chimpanzees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 114: 268–273. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1616812114
Schembri, F. (2018). Studies downplay threat that dams pose to primates in Guinea and Indonesia, critics say. American Association for the Advancement of Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aau7965
Scully, E.J., Basnet, S., Wrangham, R.W., Muller, M.N., Otali, E. et al. (2018). Lethal respiratory disease associated with human rhino­virus C in wild chimpanzees, Uganda, 2013. Emerging Infectious Diseases 24: 267–274. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2402.170778
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