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Deforestation

Loss of habitat through deforestation is one of the greatest overall threats to great ape survival in the wild

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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.

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Climate Change

Climate change – fires, peatland destruction, deforestation, shifting rainfall – threatens great apes across their range.

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Palm Oil & Apes

Exploring Our Shared World

Can palm oil plantations and great apes ever mix?

Exploring the Crisis

Apes & Ebola - Ecology of Disease

The New York Time SUNDAY REVIEW

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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Faces from the Forest — Cameroon

Of all great apes chimpanzees (and bonobos) display a range of facial expressions that make them a delight...
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Baby Business: gorilla baby Yola at Woodland Park Zoo

A recent visit to Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo’s Western lowland gorilla exhibit, to watch the public and new...
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Mmmm-ango Monday with Little Larry

One year old baby chimpanzee Little Larry in the care of Ape Action Africa in Cameroon — enjoying...
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CAMEROON — Growing up Chimp: Daphne & Little Larry

Returning to Cameroon I had several projects in mind. One was to capture the lives of the tiniest...
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Between landslides and civil war, the team at Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary has never wavered in their commitment to caring for their 92 chimpanzees and advocating on their behalf.

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. 

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