Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Why the link between long-term research and conservation is a case worth making
- 2 Links between research and Protected Area management in Uganda
- 3 The use of research: how science in Uganda's National Parks has been applied
- 4 Long-term research and conservation in Kibale National Park
- 5 Monitoring forest–savannah dynamics in Kibale National Park with satellite imagery (1989–2003): implications for the management of wildlife habitat
- 6 Long-term studies reveal the conservation potential for integrating habitat restoration and animal nutrition
- 7 Long-term perspectives on forest conservation: lessons from research in Kibale National Park
- 8 Health and disease in the people, primates, and domestic animals of Kibale National Park: implications for conservation
- 9 The importance of training national and international scientists for conservation research
- 10 Community benefits from long-term research programs: a case study from Kibale National Park, Uganda
- 11 Potential interactions of research with the development and management of ecotourism
- 12 The human landscape around the Island Park: impacts and responses to Kibale National Park
- 13 Conservation and research in the Budongo Forest Reserve, Masindi District, Western Uganda
- 14 Long-term research and conservation in Gombe National Park, Tanzania
- 15 Long-term research and conservation in the Mahale Mountains, Tanzania
- 16 The contribution of long-term research by the Taï Chimpanzee Project to conservation
- 17 The Green Corridor Project: long-term research and conservation in Bossou, Guinea
- 18 Long-term research and conservation of the Virunga mountain gorillas
- 19 Long-term research and conservation of great apes: a global future
- 20 Long-term research and conservation: the way forward
- Index
- References
17 - The Green Corridor Project: long-term research and conservation in Bossou, Guinea
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 July 2010
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Why the link between long-term research and conservation is a case worth making
- 2 Links between research and Protected Area management in Uganda
- 3 The use of research: how science in Uganda's National Parks has been applied
- 4 Long-term research and conservation in Kibale National Park
- 5 Monitoring forest–savannah dynamics in Kibale National Park with satellite imagery (1989–2003): implications for the management of wildlife habitat
- 6 Long-term studies reveal the conservation potential for integrating habitat restoration and animal nutrition
- 7 Long-term perspectives on forest conservation: lessons from research in Kibale National Park
- 8 Health and disease in the people, primates, and domestic animals of Kibale National Park: implications for conservation
- 9 The importance of training national and international scientists for conservation research
- 10 Community benefits from long-term research programs: a case study from Kibale National Park, Uganda
- 11 Potential interactions of research with the development and management of ecotourism
- 12 The human landscape around the Island Park: impacts and responses to Kibale National Park
- 13 Conservation and research in the Budongo Forest Reserve, Masindi District, Western Uganda
- 14 Long-term research and conservation in Gombe National Park, Tanzania
- 15 Long-term research and conservation in the Mahale Mountains, Tanzania
- 16 The contribution of long-term research by the Taï Chimpanzee Project to conservation
- 17 The Green Corridor Project: long-term research and conservation in Bossou, Guinea
- 18 Long-term research and conservation of the Virunga mountain gorillas
- 19 Long-term research and conservation of great apes: a global future
- 20 Long-term research and conservation: the way forward
- Index
- References
Summary
The present chapter describes an ongoing reforestation program known as the “Green Corridor Project” that has grown out of 30 years of research into the Bossou chimpanzee community in Guinea. The Green Corridor Project aims to connect two forested habitats of chimpanzees by planting trees in the intervening savanna. The project was started in 1997 and has provided valuable data on reforesting savanna. It has had some success in extending the range of chimpanzees.
THE CHIMPANZEES OF BOSSOU
Bossou is a village located in the border of Guinea and Liberia, about 1000 km from the capital Conakry. A group of 13 chimpanzees occupies the small forests surrounding the village, into which about 2500 villagers and Liberian and Ivorian refugees are crowded. The core area of the chimpanzees (where they spend most of their time) is about 6 km2, while their total ranging area is about 30 km2. The core area consists of very small portions of primary forest, secondary forest, and riverine forest, surrounded by cultivated fields and savanna.
The Bossou chimpanzees were first described by French and Dutch scientists (Lamotte, 1942; Kortlandt, 1986). Since 1976, Japanese scientists and then an international team (KUPRI International) have been studying the chimpanzees at Bossou (Sugiyama and Koman, 1979; Matsuzawa, 2006a). The chimpanzees at Bossou are well known for their use of stone tools. Using mobile stones as hammers and anvils, they crack open the hard shells of oil-palm nuts to eat the kernels (Matsuzawa, 1994, Fig. 17.1).
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