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3 giorni fa · Sofia Jamali, a community leader, says that with upwards of 100 villages around Gombe, about 70 have set aside land for conservation, thus by involving local communities, the park has created a network of guardians for the chimps. Many people have adopted better farming methods to reduce tree cutting and discourage poaching, she said, as ...
5 giorni fa · KIGOMA, Tanzania. One of the world’s most famous chimpanzee colonies is facing an existential threat, a researcher has warned, calling for urgent steps to address the issue. From around 150 ...
5 giorni fa · From around 150 chimpanzees in the 1960s, the total population in Gombe National Park in western Tanzania has dwindled down to around 90, according to conservationists. These chimpanzees were the ones studied by legendary primatologist Jane Goodall, whose research offered invaluable insights into human evolution and behavior.
2 giorni fa · In Gombe, the chimpanzee mostly uses semideciduous and evergreen forest as well as open woodland. At Bossou, the chimpanzee inhabits multistage secondary deciduous forest, which has grown after shifting cultivation, as well as primary forest and grassland.
4 giorni fa · That’s why Jane, currently studying her fifth generation of chimps at Gombe, believes they are so important and must be saved. The mirror they hold up to our own species is both uncanny and invaluable. “They are our closest living relatives,” she says passionately. “They share 98.8 per cent of our DNA, so they behave like us in so many ...
3 giorni fa · Saturday July 6, 2024. The Guardian |; Nipashe |; Nipashe Jumapili; ePaper
5 giorni fa · Unlike many wildlife sanctuaries, Gombe National Park lacks perimeter fences. This allows chimpanzees to roam freely, but it hasn’t protected crucial forest corridors that once linked various colonies. Maijo explains that these corridors have vanished rapidly, isolating populations and hindering genetic diversity.
