Installing a beehive in Shaw David Town, Liberia. — Two women standing by wood structure.

© UOF/WCF

Creating Liberia’s Largest Protected Area for Critically Endangered Chimpanzees

Grantee Name: Wild Chimpanzee Foundation

Hotspot: Guinean Forests of West Africa
Location: Liberia
Amount: $280,081
Dates: Mar 2019 – Dec 2021
Keywords: Awareness, Capacity building, Protected Areas, Species Conservation, Employment

Protect the Critically Endangered West African Chimpanzee through consultation of communities in and around the proposed area, creation of green jobs as alternatives for local hunters and bushmeat traders, capacity building of the Forestry Development Authority in protected area management, creation of livelihood alternatives for local communities through a beekeeping project, and awareness raising of communities through theater outreach.

Strategic Direction : 3 Safeguard priority globally threatened species by identifying and addressing major threats and information gaps