The Great Travel Saga of Outamba Kilimi
The Great Travel Saga of Outamba Kilimi National Park Last Friday, Gerry and I got back from an absolute blur of a couple of days visiting Tacugama’s most recently launched program site – Outamba Kilimi National Park. Now, Gerry may blame the travel delays...
More than a Sanctuary: The Forests Beyond Tacugama
Two Week Travel Update: Exploring Beyond the Sanctuary Many of you have asked about the landscape of Sierra Leone and where the sanctuary is located. In a word: verdant. Arriving at the ferry landing, your driver awaits to take you up to the sanctuary (yes, it takes...
No Room For African Apes
No room for African apes. That appears to be the verdict of a new study published in the journal Diversity and Distributions predicts massive range declines of Africa’s great apes – gorillas, chimpanzees, and bonobos – due to the impacts of climate change, land-use...
Ape Action Africa — Saving Primates in the Western Congo Basin
At last count, there were approximately 700 nonhuman primate species living in the wilds of 90 countries across the globe. In truth, just a handful of regions, including Equatorial Africa and Borneo—harbor 65 percent of all primate species. And nearly two-thirds of...
Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary: GLOBIO’s Newest Programs Partner
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...
For over 20 years, GLOBIO has been connecting kids and adults to the magic, awe and wonder of our planet. GLOBIO works with education partners, wildlife sanctuaries and conservation projects in Equatorial Africa and Borneo to support their conservation work on-the-ground, and share their stories with the rest of the world. Ever-evolving, we also create engaging educational content to spread awareness to the public about our shared environmental issues.
