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Apes Survival Partnership
GRASP with partners in Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire advance plans for the creation of a biodiversity corridor in the Tai-Sapo Complex, the largest remaining block of primary forest in West Africa. Read Press Release
Year of the Gorilla Ambassador and GRASP Chief Consultant, Ian Redmond, discusses Gorilla Conservation on Radio France International's Crossroads Debate. More
New book from Wildlife Photographer Gene Eckhart and Arcus Foundation Great Ape Program Director Annette Lanjouw, "Mountain Gorillas: Biology, Conservation, and Coexistence". More
Petit Loango Wetland, Oil or Gorillas?” has been nominated for a 2009 ROSCAR Award at the Durban Wild Talk Africa Film Festival. The film was produced by GRASP in collaboration with Toon Films. Video Preview
Gorillas on 'thin' ice fundraiser skates-off at the Natural History Museum Ice Rink in London on January 15th to kick-off the 2009 Year of the Gorilla. More
GRASP is pleased to announce that Dr. Inza Koné, a member of the Scientific Commission, has won the 2009 Future for Nature Award. GRASP congratulates Dr. Inza Koné on receiving this prestigious award. More
The Great
Apes Survival Partnership (GRASP) is an innovative
and ambitious project of the United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP)
and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO)
with an immediate challenge - to lift the threat of imminent
extinction faced by gorillas (Gorilla beringei, G. gorilla),
chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), bonobos (Pan paniscus) and
orangutans (Pongo abelii, P. pygmaeus) across their ranges
in equatorial Africa and south-east Asia. More
Petit Loango Wetland, Oil or Gorillas?” has been nominated for a 
