The action plan lays out a conservation strategy for gorillas and chimpanzees in Western Equatorial Africa. The Endangered central chimpanzee Pan troglodytes troglodytes and the Critically Endangered western lowland gorilla Gorilla gorilla gorilla are undergoing a dramatic decline due to poaching
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
In some areas of western equatorial Africa, ape populations have declined by more than 50% over the last twenty years. By far the most serious short-term threats to apes in this region are poaching and disease epidemics.
Author(s):
Tutin, C.
Organization(s):
Conservation International
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
In some areas of western equatorial Africa, ape populations have declined by more than 50% over the last twenty years. By far the most serious short-term threats to apes in this region are poaching and disease epidemics.
Author(s):
Tutin, C.
Organization(s):
Conservation International
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
