By Normand Emmanuelle | Project Leader
Thanks to your support, we were able to maintain law enforcement with the Office Ivoirien des Parc et Reserves in the Taï National Park, Côte d’Ivoire, a UNESCO world heritage site and biodiversity hotspot. In Liberia, the eco-guards from Forestry Development Authority, who are going to patrol the proposed Grebo National Park, are presently under training from WCF to increase their law enforcement capacities!
We now have a few results showing the impact of our law enforcement project. In the Taï National Park, a bio-monitoring program has been in place since 2008 to quantify the impact of law enforcement in the area on the regeneration of fauna.
Illegal human activities have decreased significantly during the various phases of data collection. Indeed, the encounter rate of illegal human activities decreased by 63% between 2008 and 2013 and at the same time, the indices of presence of duikers and monkeys increased respectively by 100% and 90% in 5 years and the chimpanzee population remains stable.
The only way to maintain positive results, is for law enforcement to continue in Taï National Park and the trans-boundary proposed Grebo National Park in Liberia. It follows that the only way that this is possible is via the continued investment from everybody who has supported this project. Finally, the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation would like to thank all donors who contributed to this successful project and encourage them to continue their support while inspiring other to do likewise.
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