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Best Practices for Great Ape Conservation
The IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group is developing a series of guidelines to address critical issues in great ape conservation, drawing on the expertise of PSG members to create a consensus of best practices for field conservationists. Each publication in the new series will provide up-to-date guidance for scientists working on a daily basis with great apes, as well as for the many development organizations, donors and government agencies that are involved in great ape conservation.
Each of these publications will be focused on a specific issue affecting the immediate survival of great ape populations, including:
- Reduced Impact Logging
- Reintroduction
- Survey Methods & Population Monitoring
- Disease Monitoring
- Human/Great Ape Conflict
- Tourism
Based on the most current information, each publication is designed to give a clear, comprehensive overview of an issue, and to provide expert recommendations on how to address it. Particular emphasis will be placed on which practices have or have not proven successful in the field.
The first four reports in the series have now been published, and are available in PDF format on the pages below:
Best Practice Guidelines to Reduce the Impact of Logging
Best Practice Guidelines for Great Ape Re-introduction
Best Practice Guidelines for Surveys and Monitoring of Great Ape Populations
Best Practice Guidelines for Human/Great Ape Conflict
Additional reports will be produced on a regular basis, with the eventual goal of providing a comprehensive framework for natural resource managers working in great ape habitat. For more information, please contact Dr. Liz Williamson, Coordinator of the PSG Section on Great Apes, at sga_coordinator {at] conservation.org.
The Primate Specialist Group gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Arcus Foundation and the USFWS in the publication of these reports.
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