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The
Pan African
Sanctuary Alliance, or PASA, is an
alliance of
sixteen primate sanctuaries from all over Africa. Due to
the rapid influx of orphan animals from increased logging, habitat destruction
and commercial development of the bush-meat trade, and lack of awareness
in primate range countries, sanctuaries have emerged on an ad-hoc basis resulting
in crisis management. This has made it difficult for long-term planning and
adequate collaboration between sanctuaries and primate experts. There is
a very evident need for general guidelines for the establishment of authorities,
site location, long term sustainability management practices, primate management
and health issues.
Pan African
Sanctuary Alliance (PASA) is designed to bring these sanctuaries
together.
Project
Primate, Inc. is a United States 501C (3) not-for-profit organization
dedicated to the protection and preservation of chimpanzees, chiefly through
the support and rehabilitation of chimpanzees who have been orphaned or otherwise
taken from the wild, and through local public education.
Project
Primate
is working to secure the future of the Chimpanzee
Conservation Center (CCC) and rehabilitation sanctuary at an existing site
in the National Park du Haut Niger, Guinea, which is currently home to 32
orphaned and confiscated chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus).
T
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National Park du Haut Niger occupies 647,000 hectares (including habited
buffer zones) between Faranah and Koundara. It protects one of the last remaining
dry ecosystems in West Africa. The Park headquarters are in Sidakoro, 45
km from Faranah. The park is opened year-round. Near the center of the park,
about 30 km from Sidakoro, is the village of Somoria, neighbor to the Chimpanzee
Conservation Center.
The bushmeat crisis is
the most significant immediate threat to the future of wildlife populations
in Africa. Hunting of wildlife to meet people’s
demand for protein may still be sustainable in the few remaining
areas where population densities are less than 2 people/km2, trade routes
are poorly established, and human population growth rates are low. The scale
of the illegal, commercial bushmeat trade now occurring in Africa, however,
is driven by markets with large, rapidly-growing populations of consumers
and is considered by experts to be unsustainable. This commercial-scale trade
threatens the survival of numerous species as well as posing considerable
health and economic threats for future generations. The
Bushmeat Crisis Task
Force (BCTF), founded in 1999, is a consortium of conservation
organizations and professionals working throughout Africa and dedicated to
the conservation
of wildlife populations threatened by illegal, commercial
hunting of wildlife for sale as meat. The BCTF operates under the direction
of an elected Steering Committee and is funded by Supporting and Contributing
Members. BCTF's primary goals are to: a) work with the general members of
the BCTF to focus attention on the bushmeat crisis in Africa; b) establish
an information database and mechanisms for information sharing regarding
the bushmeat issue; c) facilitate engagement of African partners and stakeholders
in addressing the bushmeat issue; and d) promote collaborative decision-making,
fund-raising and actions among the members and associates of the BCTF. For
more information about the BCTF and the bushmeat issue, please
visit their website
or email them directly.
The mission of the
International Fund for
Animal Welfare (IFAW) is to improve the welfare
of wild and domestic animals throughout the world
by reducing commercial exploitation of animals, protecting wildlife habitats,
and assisting animals in distress. They seek to motivate the public to prevent
cruelty to animals and to promote animal welfare and conservation policies
that advance the well-being of both animals and people.
IFAW was founded in 1969
to confront the cruel commercial slaughter of harp and hooded seals. Having
successfully rallied worldwide condemnation of the hunt, they have grown
to become one of the largest international animal welfare organizations in
the world. Today IFAW
has offices in 12 countries and a staff of more than 200 experienced campaigners,
legal and political experts, and internationally acclaimed scientists. They
are a pragmatic and dedicated family of professionals who believe that animals
suffer far too much from commercial exploitation, habitat destruction, and
needless cruelty. And they are joined in that belief by more than 1.8 million
supporters. You can email
IFAW -
info@ifaw.org.
Much of Africa's habitat
and its wildlife is threatened by overpopulation and unsustainable use of
natural resources
by poor people. Raptors are no exception; over 100 species
either breed in Africa or migrate there each winter from Europe and Asia.
Conservation of far ranging species like raptors and other migratory birds
presents special problems to biologists. How do we protect animals that range
so far and need widely dispersed habitats in which to survive?
The Peregrine
Fund's Pan Africa Program aims to establish projects throughout Africa
that train local people to do the studies needed to achieve conservation
of birds of prey and other species. The programme will bring biologists from
diverse countries and cultures together in a common effort to protect Africa's
natural resources. You can email The Peregrine Fund at
tpf@peregrinefund.org.
For more information on Guinea, please click
here.
If you would like to
contact us please email
terry@africanconservation.org
