Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) Case Study
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Continent: Africa
Country: Uganda
Grant Amount: $20,900
Awarded Date: June 23, 2009
Vernon Reynolds
Oxford University, UK and Budongo Conservation Field Station, Uganda
Orchard House, West Street
Alfriston
East Sussex
BN26 5UX
United Kingdom
Tel: +1323 871136
Mob: +7931 313936
Chimp conservation in Uganda with an education scheme for snare removal
The Budongo Conservation Field Station, founded in 1990, works to conserve the Budongo Forest in western Uganda and its wildlife, notably around 650 chimpanzees. We work with one chimpanzee community in particular, the Sonso community, living in the middle of the forest where our camp is located. We also conserve other forest species, and have ongoing education and community outreach programmes.
Our mission is to conserve the population of chimpanzees in the Budongo Forest, Uganda. Objectives are to provide local people with conservation education, to remove snares from the forest, and to build a center which can provide veterinary services to wild chimpanzees country wide. The Budongo Conservation Field Station was established in 1990 and has been operating continuously ever since. It covers the Budongo Forest Reserve in Masindi District, Western Uganda. The target species is the chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii, but we also conserve three forest monkey species.
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