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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.

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Resources

Online Databases & Platforms

Regional and Sub-regional Action Plans & Reports 

Literture Cited
Madden, F.M. and McQuinn, B. (2017). Conservation conflict transformation: addressing the missing link in wildlife conservation. In: Hill, C.M., Webber, A.D. and Priston, N.E.C. (eds.). Understanding Conflicts about Wildlife: A Biosocial Approach. Oxford, UK: Berghahn Books, pp. 148–169. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvw04h12.13
Massa, B.E. (2011). Predicting Conflict Over Scarce Resources: Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) and Fulbe Pastoralists. Master’s thesis, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Mbow, C., Nielsen, T.T. and Rasmussen, K. (2000). Savanna fires in east-central Senegal: distribution patterns, resource management and perceptions. Human Ecology 28: 561–583. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026487730947
McLennan, M.R. and Hockings, K.J. (2016). The aggressive apes? Causes and contexts of great ape attacks on local persons. In: Angelici, F.M. (ed.). Problematic Wildlife. A Cross-Disciplinary Approach. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, pp. 373–394. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22246-2_18
Morgan, D. and Sanz, C. (2007). Best Practice Guidelines for Reducing the Impact of Commercial Logging on Great Apes in Western Equatorial Africa. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group. https://portals.iucn.org/library/node/9059
Morgan, D., Sanz, C., Greer, D., Rayden, T., Maisels, F. and Williamson, E.A. (2013). Great Apes and FSC: Implementing ‘Ape Friendly’ Practices in Central Africa’s Logging Concessions. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group. https://portals.iucn.org/library/node/10378
Ndiaye, P.I., Galat-Luong, A., Galat, G. and Nizinski, G. (2013). Endangered West African chimpanzees Pan troglodytes verus (Schwarz, 1934) (Primates: Hominidae) in Senegal prefer Pterocarpus erinaceus, a threatened tree species, to build their nests: implications for their conservation. Journal of Threatened Taxa 5: 5266–5272. https://doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o3603.5266-72
Ndiaye, P.I., Lindshield, S.M., Badji, L., Pacheco, L., Wessling, E.G., Boyer, K.M. and Pruetz, J.D. (2018). Survey of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) outside protected areas in southeastern Senegal. African Journal of Wildlife Research 48: 1–14. https://doi.org/10.3957/056.048.013007
Nellemann, C. and Newton, A. (2002). The Great Apes – The Road Ahead. A GLOBIO Perspective on the Impacts of Infrastructural Development on the Great Apes. Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme.
Neugebauer, E. (2018). Evaluating Conservation Efforts to Inform Future Management Decisions for Western Chimpanzees. Master’s thesis, University of Frankfurt, Germany.
Niane, B., Guédron, S., Moritz, R., Cosio, C., Ngom, P.M., Deverajan, N., Pfeifer, H.R. and Poté, J. (2015). Human exposure to mercury in artisanal small-scale gold mining areas of Kedougou region, Senegal, as a function of occupational activity and fish consumption. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 22: 7101–7111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-014-3913-5
Norris, K., Asase, A., Collen, B., Gockowksi, J., Mason, J., Phalan, B. and Wade, A. (2010). Biodiversity in a forest-agriculture mosaic – the changing face of West African rainforests. Biological Conservation 143: 2341–2350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bio­con.2009.12.032
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