great ape trafficking in africa
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At a meeting of the Presidential Advisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking at the U.S. Department of Interior on Friday, African Wildlife Foundation's (AWF's) Director of the African Apes Initiative, Jef Dupain, testified before council members and the general public on the growing threat of great ape trafficking and the impact this illicit industry poses to wild populations of bonobos, chimpanzees and gorillas in Africa.TRANSCRIPT
- 1. Great Ape Trafficking in AfricaJef DupainAWF Great Apes Program DirectorAdvisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking, 2014
2. Jef DupainAWF Great Apes Program DirectorAdvisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking, 2014 3. Four African Ape SpeciesJef DupainAWF Great Apes Program DirectorAdvisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking, 2014 4. Cross River GorillaPopulation 250 - 300Western lowlandGorillaPopulation 150,000Mountain GorillaPopulation 880Grauers GorillaPopulation 2,000 10,000Western ChimpanzeePopulation 20,000Nigeria-Cameroon ChimpanzeePopulation 6,000BonoboPopulation15,000 20,000EasternChimpanzeePopulation 200,000Central ChimpanzeePopulation 70,000-117,000Gorilla rangeChimpanzee rangeBonobo rangeJef DupainAWF Great Apes Program DirectorAdvisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking, 2014 5. BushmeatJef DupainAWF Great Apes Program DirectorAdvisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking, 2014 6. DEMAND PICPhoto credit: http://metro.co.uk/Jef DupainAWF Great Apes Program DirectorAdvisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking, 2014 7. Photo Credit Martin HarveyJef DupainAWF Great Apes Program DirectorAdvisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking, 2014 8. Photo credit: LuAnne Cadd / Congolese Wildlife AuthorityJef DupainAWF Great Apes Program DirectorAdvisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking, 2014 9. Jef DupainAWF Great Apes Program DirectorAdvisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking, 2014 10. Educate and sensitize the publicEnhance law enforcement and capacityImprove and enhance trade oversight & regulationsJef DupainAWF Great Apes Program DirectorAdvisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking, 2014 11. Educate and sensitize the publicJef DupainAWF Great Apes Program DirectorAdvisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking, 2014Jef DupainAWF African Apes Initiative DirectorAdvisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking, 2014 12. Enhance law enforcementLaw enforcementJef DupainAWF Great Apes Program DirectorAdvisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking, 2014Jef DupainAWF African Apes Initiative DirectorAdvisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking, 2014 13. Improve trade oversight & regulationsJef DupainAWF Great Apes Program DirectorAdvisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking, 2014 14. Jef DupainAWF Great Apes Program DirectorAdvisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking, 2014 15. Thank YouJef DupainAWF Great Apes Program Directorwww.awf.org