Great Apes Survival Project
Launched as a World Summit on Sustainable Development Type II Partnership in September 2002, the Great Apes Survival Project (GRASP) is an innovative and ambitious project of UNEP and UNESCO with an immediate challenge: to lift the threat of imminent extinction faced by gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos and orangutans. GRASP is a dynamic alliance bringing together UN agencies, governments, NGOs, foundations and private sector interests. As such, GRASP is uniquely placed to inform policy makers, mobilize and pool resources for effective action, ensure maximum efficiency and provide a communication platform in order to bring the decline of great ape populations to a halt.