Aug 7, 2020 | Apes Like Us, Environmental Education, Field Conservation, Film & Media, Latest News, Partners, Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Where We Work
How do we change the conservation conversation around great apes and primates? When we went searching for new program partners to support our 2021-24 Strategic Commitment that was the fundamental question that drove our evaluation of potential partners. Tacugama...
Jun 20, 2020 | Blog, Field Conservation, Where We Work
World Rainforest Day June 22, 2020 Venturing into the humid rainforest tropics for the first time can be a shock to your temperate senses. The heat feels like it never goes away. Even at night the heat and humidity can incite a restless riot of tossing in a...
May 21, 2020 | Ape Action Africa, Apes Like Us, Blog, Field Conservation, Partners, Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary
What is an Endangered Species and who decides when a species becomes endangered? Seems pretty obvious, until you start to give it some thought. With Endangered Species Day on Friday May 15th, many of you asked us that very What and Who question. Here’s the...
Apr 22, 2020 | Orangutan Tree Project, Orangutan Tree Project, Our Founder News
A low humid fog hangs over the river, shrouding the tops of the surrounding rainforest, an invisible bathing of microdroplets. This morning the river world is a monochrome grey-green, the sunrise still a half-hour away. Across from the tired wooden dock a pair...
Apr 7, 2020 | Ape Action Africa, Apes Like Us, Field Conservation, Latest News
Around the world, animal sanctuaries have suspended their visitor and volunteer programs, and locked their doors to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and protect their animals. Many primate care organizations are facing significant financial setbacks, as well as...
Nov 20, 2019 | Field Conservation, Orangutan Tree Project, Orangutan Tree Project, Where We Work
Thank you so much to everyone who has jumped in to help our Orangutan Tree Project take root. You have donated over 700 seedlings in just the first two months – fantastic! We’re well on our way of reaching our initial goal of 2,000 seedlings by the end of 2019, and...