Creation of protected areas

The Wild Chimpanzee Foundation is working in close collaboration with the government authorities in Guinea to create new protected areas such as the Moyen-Bafing National Park (created in 2021, 6767 km²) and the proposed Pinselli-Soyah-Sabouyah National Park.

In these protected areas important critically endangered wild western chimpanzee populations will be protected, besides many other endangered species. The creation of new protected areas contributes to the national goal of Guinea to protect 30% of its natural resources by 2030, through the creation of both terrestrial and marine protected areas.

We would like to thank the Ministère de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable (MEDD) and Office Guinéen des Parcs Nationaux et Réserves de Faune (OGPNRF) in Guinea for their great partnerships with WCF, without them these protected areas would not exist.