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Great Apes Conservation
Published on AidPage by IDILOGIC on Jun 24, 2005
Program accomplishments...
During FY 2003, the Service has awarded 36 Assistance Awards (grants) for projects in 17 countries. Highlights of past projects include: ground surveys for chimpanzee and western lowland gorilla populations and capacity building among local people surrounding a conservation area in northern Republic of Congo; ranger-based monitoring system for the long-term conservation of mountain gorillas in the afro-montane forests of northwestern Rwanda, eastern DRC, and southwestern Uganda; bonobo population surveys in Lac Tumba and Opala Regions, assessment of orangutan desities; range use, nutritional requirements and reproductive viability in and near a National Park in Indonesia; and, study to determine the impacts of hunting on Hoolock gibbon populations in Burma.
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