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Action Plans

All of the Specialist Groups in the IUCN Species Survival Commission publish in-depth reports on the conservation status of particular species or groups of species. These Action Plans assess the current situation of species throughout their habitats, and – most importantly – lay out the necessary steps for their protection. The strength of the Action Plan format is in its combination of species overviews and the clear delineation of conservation priorities.

The Primate Specialist Group has published a number of conservation action plans dealing with species groups and individual species. These include:

African Primate Conservation: 1986-1990 , (1985) English
Lemurs of Madagascar, 1993-1999 (1992) English
African Primates (Revised), (1996) English
West African Chimpanzees, (2003) English & French
East African Chimpanzees, (2010, 2011) English & French
For copies of the first three titles, please contact Jill Lucena; they may be difficult to find, but she will do her best. Copies of the most recent Action Plan, West African Chimpanzees, are abundant and available in both English and French editions; please contact Jill Lucena: (j.lucena@conservation.org) for more information.


Also available are shorter publications of regional and species action plans, which provide strategic guidelines for the conservation of chimpanzees in West Africa, chimpanzees and gorillas in Equatorial West Africa, and orangutans in Indonesia,
as well as for the Cross River gorilla and the Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee (Elliot’s chimpanzee) in West Africa.

Chimpanzees in West Africa, (2003) English & French
Chimpanzees and Gorillas in Western Equatorial Africa, (2005) English & French
Cross River Gorilla, (2007) English
Indonesian orangutans, (2009) English & Bahasa
Nigeria-Cameroon Chimpanzee, (2011) English & French
Each of these survey documents is also available in both French and English versions.

Available for download:

English

West African Chimpanzees: Status Survey and Action Plan 1.85 MB
Regional Action Plan for West African Chimpanzees 1.24 MB
Regional Action Plan for Chimpanzees and Gorillas in West Africa 1.27 MB
Regional Action Plan for the Conservation of the Cross River Gorilla 2.51 MB
Eastern Chimpanzee: Status Survey and Action Plan 2010-2020 3.00 MB
Indonesian Orangutan National Action Plan 2007-2017 3.00 MB
Regional Action Plan for the Conservation of the Nigeria-Cameroon Chimpanzee 3.00 MB

Français

Chimpanzés d'Afrique de l'Ouest: Plan d'Action 8.59 MB
Plan d'Action Régional des Chimpanzés en Afrique de l'Ouest 1.23 MB
Plan d'Action Régional des Chimpanzés et des Gorilles en Afrique Centrale 1.84 MB
Chimpanzé de Schweinfurth : État de conservation de l’espčce et plan d’action 2010–2020 3.00 MB
Plan d’action régional pour la conservation du chimpanzé du Nigeria-Cameroun 3.00 MB