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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
Villegas, C., Turay, A.B. and Sarmu, D. (2013). Can Artisanal Mining & Conservation Co-exist? A case study of artisanal gold and dia­mond mining in and adjacent to Sierra Leone’s Gola Rainforest National Park and recommendations on the way forward. Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in and Around Protected Areas and Critical Ecosystems Programme (ASM-PACE). Cambridge, UK: Estelle Levin Limited and WWF. https://www.levinsources.com/
Vimal, R. (2017). Monitoring for conservation in African tropical national parks: an agenda towards policy-relevant science. Biological Conservation 214: 127–135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.07.014
WCF (2013). Annual Report 2012: Activities of the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation for improved conservation of chimpanzees and their habitat in West Africa. Leipzig, Germany: Wild Chimpanzee Foundation. https://www.wildchimps.org/
WCF (2015). Annual Report 2014: Activities of the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation for improved conservation of chimpanzees and their habitat in West Africa. Leipzig, Germany: Wild Chimpanzee Foundation. https://www.wildchimps.org/
WCF (2017). Annual Report 2016: Activities of the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation for improved conservation of chimpanzees and their habitat in West Africa. Leipzig, Germany: Wild Chimpanzee Foundation. https://www.wildchimps.org/
WWF (2018). Life on the Frontline. Gland, Switzerland: World Wide Fund For Nature. https://www.worldwildlife.org/publications/life-on-the-frontline-2018
Walsh, P.D., Abernethy, K.A., Bermejo, M., Beyers, R., de Wachter, P. et al. (2003). Catastrophic ape decline in western equatorial Africa. Nature 422: 611–614. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature01566
Watts, J. (2019). Chinese dam project in Guinea could kill up to 1,500 chimpanzees. Guardian News & Media Limited. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/28/chinese-dam-project-in-guinea-could-kill-up-to-1500-chimpanzees
Wessling, E.G., Dieguez P., Llana, M., Pacheco, L., Pruetz, J.D. and Kühl, H.S. (2020). Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) density and environmental gradients at their biogeographical range edge. International Journal of Primatology.
Wessling, E.G., Kühl, H.S., Mundry, R., Deschner, T. and Pruetz, J.D. (2018). The costs of living at the edge: seasonal stress in wild savanna-dwelling chimpanzees. Journal of Human Evolution 121: 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2018.03.001
Wessling, E.G., Oelze, V.M., Eshuis, H., Pruetz, J.D. and Kühl, H.S. (2019). Stable isotope variation in savanna chimpanzees (Pan trog­lodytes verus) indicate avoidance of energetic challenges through dietary compensation at the limits of the range. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 168: 665–675. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23782
White, A. and Fa, J.E. (2014). The bigger picture: indirect impacts of extractive industries on apes and ape habitat. In: Arcus Founda­tion (ed.). The State of the Apes: Extractive Industries and Ape Conservation. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, pp. 197–225. https://www.stateoftheapes.com/
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