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 (created in 2017, 970 km²) and the proposed Kwa National Park (called Krahn-Bassa National Park before). In these protected areas important critically endangered western chimpanzee populations will be protected, besides many other endangered species. The creation of new protected areas contributes to the national goal of Liberia to protect 30% of their remaining forest by 2030.