
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.
3 Safeguard priority globally threatened species by identifying and addressing major threats and information gaps
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