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Western Chimpanzee Action Plan Regional action plan for the conservation of western chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) 2020–2030 IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE IUCN SSC SpecialistPRIMATE Group About IUCN IUCN is a membership Union uniquely composed of both government and civil society organisations. It provides public, private and non- governmental organisations with the knowledge and tools that enable human progress, economic development and nature conservation to take place together. Created in 1948, IUCN is now the world’s largest and most diverse environmental network, harnessing the knowledge, resources and reach of more than 1,400 Member organisations and some 15,000 experts. It is a leading provider of conservation data, assessments and analysis. Its broad membership enables IUCN to fill the role of incubator and trusted repository of best practices, tools and international standards. 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The Vice Chairs of the Section on Great Apes are Dirck Byler and Prof. Serge Wich. www.primate-sg.org Regional action plan for the conservation of western chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) 2020–2030 Regional action plan for the conservation of western chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) 2020–2030 IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group The designation of geographical entities in this book, and the presentation of the material, do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of IUCN or other participating organisations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect those of IUCN or other participating organisations. IUCN is pleased to acknowledge the support of its Framework Partners who provide core funding: Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland; Government of France and the French Development Agency (AFD); the Ministry of Environment, Republic of Korea; the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad); the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida); the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the United States Department of State. Funded by: This publication has been made possible by funding from the Arcus Foundation and United States Fish & Wildlife Service Published by: IUCN, Gland, Switzerland Copyright: © 2020 IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources Reproduction of this publication for educational or other non-commercial purposes is authorised without prior written permission from the copyright holder provided the source is fully acknowledged. Reproduction of this publication for resale or other commercial purposes is prohibited without prior written permission of the copyright holder. Citation: IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group (2020). Regional action plan for the conservation of western chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) 2020–2030. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. ISBN: 978-2-8317-2045-6 (PDF) 978-2-8317-2046-3 (print) DOI: https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.CH.2020.SSC-RAP.2.en Compiled and Erin G. Wessling, Tatyana Humle, Stefanie Heinicke, Kimberley Hockings, Dirck Byler and Elizabeth A. Williamson edited by: Contributors: Nana Kofi Adu-Nsiah, Bala Amarasekaran, Ibrahim Bakarr, Michael Balinga, Benjamin Barca, Elena Bersacola, Christo- phe Boesch, Ken Cameron, Genevieve Campbell, Frands Carlsen, Jim Desmond, Jenny Desmond, Mamadou Saliou Diallo, Issa Diarrasouba, Abdoulaye Diarrassouba, Mamady Dioumessy, Fai Djedjo, Aboa Dogui, Marc Fourrier, Bene- dictus Freeman, Joel Gamys, Jerry Garteh, Annemarie Goedmakers, Blamah Goll, Zoro Bertin Gone Bi, Weedor Gray, Barry Greville-Eyres, Annika Hillers, Jessica Junker, Namory Keita, Saiba Mamady Keita, Michelle Klailova, Alexandre Konate, Bashiru Koroma, Lisa Korte, Hjalmar Kühl, Kane Lamine, Matthieu Laurans, Menladi Lormi, Elizabeth Macfie, Oscar Maldonado, Sulay Mohammed, Mary Molokwu, David Momoh, Peter Mulbah, Nouhou Ndam, Papa Ibnou Ndiaye, Elenora Neugebauer, Liliana Pacheco, Maria Pascual, Kathryn Phillips, Helga Rainer, Johannes Refisch, Aissa Regalla, Tomás Saratscheff, Conrad Savy, Borwen Sayon, Silvana Sita, Tenekwetche Sop, Aly Gaspard Soumah, Doudou Sow, Paul Tehoda, Angelique Todd, Darlington Tuagben, Gregg Tully, Ansumana Babar Turay, Steve Unwin, Tina Vogt and Jim Wingard Cover photos: [front cover] Adult male chimpanzee grooming an adult female with a newborn infant, Taï National Park, Côte d’Ivoire © Liran Samuni/TCP [back cover] Juvenile male chimpanzee, Bossou, Guinea © Tatyana Humle Layout by: Jessica Avanidhar, jessavanidhar.com Printed by: Tray, Inc. www.trayinc.com Available from: IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature www.iucn.org/resources/publications IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group http://www.primate-sg.org The text of this book is printed on paper made from wood fibre from well-managed forests certified in accordance with the rules of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive summary ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� vii Acknowledgements �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ix Acronyms �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������x Section 1. Introduction ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������1 Definition of vision and scope of the plan ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������2 Section 2. Status of western chimpanzees ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������3 Biology and ecology of western chimpanzees ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������3 Current knowledge of chimpanzee distribution in West Africa ����������������������������������������������������������������4 Population estimates �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������5 Important conservation areas ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������8 The need to act quickly: Red List status uplisted to Critically Endangered in 2016 ���������������������������������������8 Section 3. Threats to western chimpanzees ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������9 Ranking of current threats �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������9 Description of threats ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������
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