Supporting local community integration into great ape and ecosystem protection, Dja Biosphere Reserve, Cameroon Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp
Chris Ransom, Lios McGilchrist, Neil Maddison, Nikki Tagg
Antwerp Zoo Centre for Research and Conservation, Projet Grands Singes, Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp
Illegal hunting of critically endangered Western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) and endangered Central chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) and other wildlife species, has adverse effects on the forest ecosystem. Local people around the Dja Biosphere Reserve (DBR) live on an income of less than $1/day. This project is shaped by the need (identified by the local communities) to address the demand for revenue-generating activities ...