Deforestation
Loss of habitat through deforestation is one of the greatest overall threats to great ape survival in the wild
Palm Oil Threat
Despite pledges of sustainability, palm oil plantation expansion remains one of the greatest threats to great apes in both Asia and Africa.
Climate Change
Climate change – fires, peatland destruction, deforestation, shifting rainfall – threatens great apes across their range.
Palm Oil & Apes
Can palm oil plantations and great apes ever mix?
Exploring the CrisisApes & Ebola - Ecology of Disease
Apes do catch Ebola – and many other infectious diseases. All great apes, including humans, are susceptible to a range of infectious viruses and bacteria. Devastating disease may spell extinction of great apes in the wild.
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Gerry's Recent Travels
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Faces from the Forest — Cameroon
Baby Business: gorilla baby Yola at Woodland Park Zoo
Mmmm-ango Monday with Little Larry
CAMEROON — Growing up Chimp: Daphne & Little Larry
FEATURED SANCTUARY
After rescuing an orphaned baby chimpanzee from the illegal pet trade in 1988, Bala Amarasekaran set down on a path that would come to change the face of conservation in Sierra Leone. Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary is known for its innovative outreach initiatives and capacity to change human minds and chimpanzee lives.
Gerry's Journey - Behind the Scenes
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Apes Like Us
In what terms should we think of these beings, nonhuman yet possessing so very many human-like characteristics? How should we treat them? Surely we should treat them with the same consideration and kindness as we show to other humans; and as we recognize human rights, so too should we recognize the rights of the great apes? Yes.
Primatologist and UN Messenger of Peace
I dream of the day when all these cages will be empty, there will be no more babies to hold.
Director Yayasan IAR Orang-utan Center
When a rescued chimp or gorilla baby shows up here, its now our responsibility for the next 55 years.
Director, Ape Action Africa