Through JOURNALISM, we want to inform, educate, and inspire a passion for conservation in people to protect the African Great Apes, a species commonly misunderstood and their habitats on the continent.
We aim to increase conservation coverage of the African Great Apes and amplify local voices in the international debate about the Apes’ protection.
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Chimpanzee Subspecies: Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes ellioti) Known Range: Forests of Nigeria and neighboring Cameroon. IUCN Red List classification: Endangered Species of gorilla: Western gorilla
Chimpanzee Subspecies: The Western Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) Known Range: Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, and sections of Ghana. IUCN Red List classification: Endangered
Chimpanzee Subspecies: Eastern chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) Known Range: Tanzania, alongside parts of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. IUCN Red
Gorilla Subspecies: Eastern lowland gorilla (Gorilla beringei graueri) Known Range: Eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo IUCN Red List classification: Critically Endangered
When he is not moonlighting as a taxi driver running visitors to and from the Ndjili International Airport in Kinshasa, Xavier Kasungu (not his real
Tracie McKinney, University of South Wales; Michelle Rodrigues, Marquette University, and Sian Waters, Durham University Monkeys, apes and lemurs are cute, familiar and lovable. But
Story by Cliff Abenaitwe Species: Great Apes and Lesser Apes (Hominidae and Hylobatidae respectively) Known Habitant: Tropical forests in central Africa and Southeast Asia Interviewed: Daniel Abowe; Ugandan
Brogan M. Stewart, Concordia University Most primates — monkeys, apes, lemurs, lorises and tarsiers — live in a tropical belt that stretches around the equator
Increasing conservation coverage of the Apes, and amplifying local voices in the international community debate about Apes protection.
Water Journalists Africa (WJA), the parent organisation of Apes Reporting Project , is the largest network of journalists reporting on water in the African continent.
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