What does WWF want to achieve?
To conserve viable wild populations of all species and subspecies of the four African great apes: the western gorilla, eastern gorilla, chimpanzee, and Bonobo.
WWF’s great apes work in Africa is organized around six objectives:
Objective 1 (Protection and Management):To conserve viable populations of African great apes through improved protection and management.
Objective 2 (Community Support):
To increase public support for great ape conservation by providing incentives and reducing human-ape conflict.
Objective 3 (Policy):
To establish relevant conservation policies, strategies and laws that eliminate ape poaching and unsustainable forest practices.
Objective 4: (Capacity Building):
To increase capacity within range states to conserve and manage great apes.
Objective 5 (Trade):
To reduce illegal national and international trade in great apes and great ape products.
Objective 6: (Awareness):
To raise awareness of African great apes conservation.