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October 2009 Tai-Sapo Transboundary Workshop in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire |
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Spanning the border of Cote d’Ivoire and Liberia are remnant fragments of one of the most important ecosystems within the Upper Guinea Forest Region. These lowland forests form the largest block of relatively intact tropical rainforests in West Africa. They are also home to more than a quarter of Africa’s mammals, including 12 species of primates, important chimpanzee populations, and endemic species such as pygmy hippos and forest elephants.
From the 5th to 6th of October 2009, the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation (WCF) and the Great Apes Survival Project/United Nations Environment Programme (GRASP/UNEP) in collaboration with relevant partners in Cote d'Ivoire and Liberia organized a workshop to initiate transboundary collaboration between Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia for the creation of the Taï-Sapo Forest Complex. Under the patronage of the Minister for the Environment, Water and Forests of Côte d’Ivoire, more than 100 participants from both countries from various ministries, donor organizations, development agencies, research institutions, local and regional public services, national and international NGOs as well as representatives from the local communities were present.
Read Full Press Release and Workshop Outcomes |
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November 2007 Joint GRASP/CITES Technical mission to Malaysia |
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As part of a series of missions planned to great ape range and consumer states of Africa and Southeast Asia as part of the implementation of the CITES Res. Conf. 13.4 adopted in Bangkok, October 2004, a joint technical mission was undertaken by UNEP/GRASP and CITES to Malaysia on 5-8 November 2007 to investigate the illicit trade in orangutans.
Report of the Technical Mission to Malaysia |
April 2007 Joint GRASP/CITES Technical mission to Thailand and Cambodia |
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A second joint technical mission was undertaken by UNEP/GRASP and CITES to Thailand and Cambodia 23-28 April 2007 to investigate the illicit trade in orangutans in these countries.
Report of the Technical Mission to Thailand and Cambodia |
February 2007 Exchange of Letters with the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands |
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Leila Mead, IISD |
Peter Bridgewater, Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, and Achim Steiner, Executive Director of UNEP, signed an exchange of letters confirming a commitment to greater collaboration on the conservation of great ape habitats in wetland sites during the 24th Session of the UNEP Governing Council, at a GRASP event on 6 February 2007.
Ramsar letter to GRASP
GRASP letter to Ramsar
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June 2006 GRASP's support for Great Ape Conservation |
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GRASP side event was held during the International Primatological Society(IPS) congress in Entebbe, Uganda, on 29 June 2006.
GRASP Patron, Richard Wrangham, and President of the IPS in his closing speech during the congress stressed the importance of GRASP and the significance of the Kinshasa Declaration. He also stressed that all scientists and conservationists use the Declaration as a tool to engage the great ape range states. |
May 2006 Joint GRASP/CITESTechnical mission to Indonesia |
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| A Joint technical mission to Indonesia was undertaken from 8- 12 May 2006 by UNEP/GRASP and the CITES secretariat to investigate illegal trade in orangutans. The mission was facilitated by the Ministry of Forestry and the CITES Management Authority in Indonesia. This was the first in a series of such missions planned to great ape range and consumer states of Africa and Southeast Asia as part of the implementation of the Res. Conf. 13.4 adopted in Bangkok, October 2004. A report on the mission, incorporating a number of suggestions and recommendations, has been submitted to the Government of Indonesia. Other joint missions to Malaysia, Thailand and Cambodia are planned.
Report of the Technical mission to Indonesia
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May 2006 GRASP side event at CBD CoP8 |
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Can the UN save the Great Apes and their Biodiverse Habitats
The GRASP side event was held at the 8th Conference of the Parties (CoP) of the Convention on Biological Diversity on 30th May 2006 in Curitiba, Brazil. During the event, Sierra Leone and Sudan, added their signature to the Kinshasa Declaration on Great Apes. Seven other non-governmental organizations (NGOs) also signed the declaration. |
April 2006 GRASP Side Event at the AMCEN |
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A GRASP side event was held during the eleventh regular session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN). Rwanda and Gabon signed the Declaration during the AMCEN meeting. |
April 2006 Great Ape Priority Population and Habitat's Workshop |
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Mark Leighton and Christophe Boesch chairs a Scientific Commission Workshop |
The Scientific Workshop was organised by the GRASP Scientific Commission and UNESCO to follow up on work that was done to define the priority populations and sites in time for the September 2005 Kinshasa meeting. It allowed key members engaged in this exercise to review and discuss criteria with experts in vertebrate ecology, taxonomy and molecular evolution, and to place these selections on a sound scientific basis. Click here to view the Great Ape Priority Population Maps and Datasheets presented at the 2005 Intrgovernmental Meeting |
October 2005 GRASP Side Event at the CMS CoP8 |
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  The side event was held during the occasion of the 8th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS). 40 delegates from great ape range states, NGOs and other interested parties attended. At the event, it was acknowledged that there is need for more concerted action and continuous collaboration to help save the great apes from imminent extinction.
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