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. We try to answer the following questions:

    Where do the last wild chimpanzee populations live?

    Are these populations stable or declining?

    How many wild chimpanzees are left?

    What are the threats to their survival?

WCF conducts biomonitoring in Sierra Leone in collaboration with the National Protected Area Authority (NPAA) in the Outamba-Kilimi-Kuru Hills-Pinselli-Soyah-Sabouyah transboundary landscape (OKKPS) between Guinea and Sierra Leone.