In preparation for the intergovernmental meeting, a preparatory meeting was held in Paris from 26-28th November 2003. Here for the first time ever, representatives from 17 of the 23 great ape range states (including several suffering from the effects of civil war), donor governments, UN agencies and intergovernmental bodies, international NGOs and other GRASP partners met for the first time to discuss the way forward to ensuring the survival of the great apes.
Participants at the Paris meeting agreed upon a global great ape conservation strategy, a five-year workplan and set of rules to govern the GRASP partnership’s activities, paving the way for an Intergovernmental Meeting on Great Apes and First GRASP Council Meeting. This meeting was subsequently held from 5-9 September 2005 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Apes Survival Partnership
