Table of Contents

Foreword Jane Goodall vii; Acknowledgements viii; Executive Summary Rebecca Kormos ix; Dedication x; Introduction Rebecca Kormos 1; Section I: Biology Of West African Chimpanzees; Chapter 1: The Robust Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes: Taxonomy, Distribution, Abundance and Conservation Status Thomas M. Butynski 5; Chapter 2: Behavior and Ecology of Chimpanzees in West Africa Tatyana Humle 13; Chapter 3: Genetic Perspectives on Pan troglodytes verus Linda Vigilant 21; Section II: Status Surveys And Recommendations: Country Reports; Chapter 4: Regional Summary Rebecca Kormos And Mohamed I. Bakarr 27; Chapter 5: Senegal Janis Carter, Souleye Ndiaye, Jill Pruetz And William C. McGrew 31; Chapter 6: Mali Chris Duvall, Bourama Niagate And Jean-Michel Pavy 41; Chapter 7: The Gambia Janis Carter 51; Chapter 8: Guinea-Bissau Spartaco Gippoliti, Daniel S. Embalo And Claudia Sousa 55; Chapter 9: The Republic of Guinea Rebecca Kormos, Tatyana Humle, David Brugiere, Marie-Claire Fleury-Brugiere, Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Yukimaru Sugiyama, Janis Carter, Mamadou Saliou Diallo, Christine Sagno And Elhadj Ousmane Tounkara 63; Chapter 10: Sierra Leone Rosalind Hanson-Alp, Mohamed I. Bakarr, Aiah Lebbie And K.I. Bangura 77; Chapter 11: Liberia Richard A. Nisbett, Alexander L. Peal, Reginald A. Hoyt And Janis Carter 89; Chapter 12: Cote d'Ivoire Ilka Herbinger, Christophe Boesch And Adama Tondossama 99; Chapter 13: Ghana Lindsay Magnuson, Mike Adu-Nsiah And David Kpelle 111; Chapter 14: Togo Aaron Brownell 117; Chapter 15: Benin Aaron Brownell 119; Chapter 16: Burkina Faso Aaron Brownell 121; Chapter 17: Nigeria John Oates, Liza Gadsby, Peter Jenkins, Katherine Gonder, Carolyn Bocian And Alade Adeleke 123; Section III: Regional Assessment Of Threats And Action Recommendations; Chapter 18: Logging in West Africa: Impacts on Chimpanzees Marc P.E. Parren And Dirck Byler 133; Chapter 19: Agriculture and Chimpanzee Survival in West Africa Chris Duvall 143; Chapter 20: Chimpanzees and Crop Raiding in West Africa Tatyana Humle 147; Chapter 21: Bushmeat Hunting as a Threat to Chimpanzees in West Africa Rebecca Kormos, Mohamed I. Bakarr, Leonie Bonnehin And Rosalind Hanson-Alp 151; Chapter 22: Orphan Chimpanzees in West Africa: Experiences and Prospects for Viability in Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Janis Carter 157; Chapter 23: Infectious Diseases in West Africa: A Common Threat to Chimpanzees and Humans Pierre Formenty, William Karesh, Jean-Marc Froment And Janette Wallis 169; Chapter 24: Policy Recommendations for Chimpanzee Protection in West Africa Cyril F. Kormos 175; Chapter 25: Recommendations for Censusing Chimpanzee Populations in Forests Andrew J. Plumptre 179; References 183; Appendix I. Contributors 203; Appendix II. Chimpanzee Density Estimates for National Parks and Reserves in Cote d'Ivoire 207; Appendix III. Chimpanzee Density Estimates for Classified and Unprotected Forests in Cote d'Ivoire 211; Appendix IV. IUCN/SSC Action Plans for the Conservation of Biological Diversity 217