Our Projects in Liberia

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in Liberia

It was always a priority for the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation (WCF) to save the transboundary Taï-Grebo-Krahn-Sapo forest complex between Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia. Consequently, WCF offices were created in Monrovia, Zwedru and at Sapo National Park. Since 2013 the WCF is registered as a non-profit organization in Liberia under MPEA/NGO/AC#1296. Liberia, one of the least developed countries in the world, still holds 42% of the Upper Guinea Forest ecosystem, a global biodiversity hotspot, that is home to still comparatively large populations of threatened and partly endemic species, such as western chimpanzees, forest elephants, pygmy hippos and pangolins. WCF is working with the Forestry Department Authority (FDA) and created in 2016 the Grebo-Krahn National Park and presently is finalizing the creation of the Kwa National Park after extensive consultations with the local communities.

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Current projects in Liberia

NaturAfrica TGKS: Biodiversity Conservation with Special Emphasis on the West-African Chimpanzee through Integrated Management of the Taï-Grebo-Krahn-Sapo Forest Complex

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Donor: European Union

Period: January 2025 to December 2028 (48 months)

Landscapes: Sapo National Park, Grebo-Krahn National Park & proposed Kwa National Park

SUSTAIN - Sustainable forest conservation in southeastern Liberia

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Donor: European Union

Period: January 2025 to December 2027 (36 months)

Landscapes: Sapo National Park, Grebo-Krahn National Park & proposed Kwa National Park

PROBIO - Protecting biodiversity through law enforcement and community-led initiatives

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Donor: European Union

Period: January 2024 to March 2026 (27 months)

Landscapes: Grebo-Krahn National Park, proposed Kwa National Park, Gola Forest National Park, Foya Proposed Protected Area, Lake Piso Sustainable Multiple Use Reserve & Cestos-Senkwehn Proposed Protected Area

New national park for chimpanzees and pygmy hippos in Liberia

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Donor: Rainforest Trust

Period: July 2022 to June 2026 (48 months)

Landscapes: proposed Kwa National Park

Ecoguards for the Grebo-Krahn National Park

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Donor: Rainforest Rescue

Period: January 2025 to December 2025 (12 months)

Landscapes: Grebo-Krahn National Park

Creation of protected areas

The Wild Chimpanzee Foundation is working in close collaboration with the Forestry Development Authority in Liberia (FDA) to create new protected areas such as the Grebo-Krahn National Park...

Biomonitoring

Biomonitoring is conducted by the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation since 2004. Biomonitoring is the technical term for repeatedly surveying the distribution and frequency of a species – in our case chimpanzees...

Law enforcement

Law enforcement with support from the Forestry Development Authority auxiliary program with 61 auxiliaries from local communities are occurring in priority areas identified during the community ecoguard surveillance patrols in Sapo...

Capacity building

The Wild Chimpanzee Foundation is conducting capacity-building workshops for various state actors and WCF team members. The training focus on patrolling tools, including the use of SMART...

Livelihoods

The bushmeat crisis in Africa will continue as long as there are individuals who rely on wildlife for protein or income. No amount of law enforcement or awareness will curb the illegal bushmeat trade in the absence of realistic alternatives...

Sapo Ecolodge

The Wild Chimpanzee Foundation in collaboration with the Forestry Development Authority in Liberia is promoting community-based ecotourism at Sapo National Park to ensure long-term benefits for local forest communities...

Theater and awareness

Raising awareness in the local communities is a fundamental means of reaching local populations as conservation messages are passed on most effectively by peers of the local inhabitants...

Wildlife clubs

The Wild Chimpanzee Foundation together with the Society for the Conservation of Nature of Liberia (SCNL), The Nature Compact and the Forestry Development Authority supports 40 wildlife clubs in schools around Grebo-Krahn National Park...