Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Center

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The Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Center is an institution set up by the Republic of the Congo in 1992 and run by the Jane Goodall Institute since 1999 , which takes in orphaned chimpanzees . In 2008 there were 120 animals there, including the oldest chimpanzee in Africa, known as Gregoire since 1979 (around 1942 - December 17, 2008).

Tchimpounga is part of a comprehensive project to protect the four primate species gorillas , orangutans , bonobos and chimpanzees. Their species preservation is used for projects that z. In some cases, promote the reintroduction into the wild, whereby a sub-project, to which that of Tchimpounga belongs, has a kind of collecting function for orphaned animals.

In addition to the 26 hectare area, the Democratic Republic of the Congo established a protected area of ​​7,284 hectares in March 1999. It is run by the Jane Goodall Institute. The responsible ministry for forestry ( Ministère de l'Économie Forestière ) found that around 50 to 60 chimpanzees lived in the reserve. Since further populations are known along the Kouilou , which flows outside the reserve, a census will also take place there in the near future. Guards from neighboring villages patrol the area. By 2015, 15 chimpanzees had been released into the wild at Kouilou.

The reason for these measures is the illegal trade in the meat of jungle animals ( bushmeat ). Therefore, the surrounding villages are included in a campaign , whereby they should not only be the main supporters, but also benefit indirectly from it. This approach, known as Community-Centered Conservation (CCC), aims to strengthen local political organizations, closer coordination between local forces and the reserve management, training at all levels, improving social infrastructure and adapting agriculture . Village committees now support the campaigns and should develop into their sponsors.

So far, a school has been financed and built in the village of Tchikafi, a place that previously had no school. The school in Mpili has been renovated and the number of students has doubled. A teacher building for training was built in Notoupou. Two inspectors for the class should improve the quality of the class. Finally, the Jane Goodall Institute also provided teaching materials and books.

Visits to the center and the protected area serve to provide training and further education for schoolchildren and students. An apprenticeship offers career prospects especially to poor or orphaned children and refugee children. In addition, these later specialists are made aware of the special, if not uniqueness, of their natural surroundings.

Of particular importance is the cooperation with the AIDS Prevention and Awareness Raising in Schools (PRESIEC) that which AIDS - prevention prescribed in schools. His knowledge and his access to marginalized groups are of great importance.

The Jane Goodall Institute team is supported by 23 so-called eco-educators . There are also security guards from the villages who are supposed to prevent illegal hunting. They too are trained and should pass on their knowledge.

Two nurses run a local hospital with the support of the institute and the government . At the initiative of the government, the village communities have carried out their own censuses, which serve as the basis for further work.

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Commons : Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Center  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ^ The Great Ape Trust of Iowa ( January 9, 2010 memento on the Internet Archive ), archive.org, January 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ Maggie Davis: Watch this Chimpanzee thank Dr Jane Goodall before her release , in: India, June 17, 2015.