Tacugama

Category: Tacugama | Date: Apr 19 2009 | By: tacugama

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CENSUS GOAL
The overall goal of the project is to provide accurate data and enhanced knowledge of the Western Chimpanzee and increase the success of its long term conservation within Sierra Leone.

The census project will deliver accurate population size, distribution and density data so that appropriate plans for chimpanzee protection and conservation of their natural habitat and ecosystem can be established.

CENSUS OBJECTIVES

• Establish a baseline for understanding the current abundance and distribution of chimpanzees in Sierra Leone
• Increase the capacity of Sierra Leoneans to identify, protect, monitor and manage important chimpanzee habitats
• Collect data for the generation of a chimpanzee population and habitat viability assessment (PHVA), completion of the PHVA should be possible within a short timescale following the census
• Determine the state the ecosystem and of the vegetation in each survey location and document effects of human activity
• Identify potential areas to be further investigated as suitable reintroduction sites for Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary’s rehabilitated chimpanzees
• Provide input for the development of a chimpanzee conservation action plan for Sierra Leone
• Provide a national sub-species data set that can be integrated with existing West African and African species knowledge