Chimpanzee image courtesy of Limbe Wildlife Centre
Chimpanzees in Nigeria
and western Cameroon
  
 
 
CURRENT OR RECENTLY COMPLETED RESEARCH ON CHIMPANZEES IN NIGERIA AND CAMEROON
Cameroon:

Project Title: Genetic history of chimpanzees in Nigeria and Cameroon
Research Location: Central Cameroon
Name: Katy Gonder
Affiliation: University at Albany – State University of New York
Project Status: Ongoing (started 2007)
More Information: http://www.albany.edu/faculty/gonder/index.html

Project Title: Chimpanzees of the Ebo forest, Cameroon
Research Location: Ebo Forest
Name: Bethan Morgan and Ekwoge Abwe
Affiliation: Institute for Conservation Research, Zoological Society of San Diego
Project Status: Ongoing (started 2005)
More Information: http://www.sandiegozoo.org/conservation

Project Title: Genetic history of chimpanzees in Nigeria and Cameroon, feasibility study of extended chimpanzee study in Mbam et Djerem National Park
Research Location: Central Cameroon
Name: Amy Pokempner
Affiliation: University at Albany – State University of New York
Project Status: Ongoing (started 2008)
More Information: http://www.albany.edu/faculty/gonder/index.html

Project Title: Conservation status and spatial distribution of great apes in the Bechati-Mone landscape
Research Location: Bechati-Mone landscape, Southwest Province
Name: Atanga Ekobo, Manasseh Eno Nku and Louis Nkembi
Affiliation: WWF and ERuDeF
Project Status: Ongoing (started 2007)
More Information: aekobo@wwfcarpo.org

Project Title: Takamanda-Mone Landscape Project
Research Location: Cameroon-Nigeria border
Name: Aaron Nicholas and Ymke Warren
Affiliation: Wildlife Conservation Society
Project Status: Ongoing (started 2004)
More Information: http://www.wcs.org/globalconservation/Africa/Cameroon/TakamandaMone

Project Title: Large mammal and human impact monitoring
Research Location: Mbam and Djerem National Park
Name: Fiona (Boo) Maisels and Roger Fotso
Affiliation: Wildlife Conservation Society
Project Status: First cycle completed (2007); second cycle to begin late 2008
More Information: fmaisels@wcs.org; rfotso@wcs.org

Nigeria:

Project Title: The Green Ologbo Project
Research Location: Benin City, Edo state, Southwest Nigeria (and other locations in west Africa)
Name: Elizabeth Greengrass
Affiliation: Presco Plc (private oil palm company)
Project Status: Ongoing (started 2004)
More Information: liz.greengrass@presco-plc.com

Project Title: A survey of rainforests in Ogun, Ondo and Osun States in southwestern Nigeria, to assess options for their sustainable conservation
Research Location: Ogun, Ondo and Osun States in southwestern Nigeria
Name: John Oates, Ashegbofe Ikemeh, Ogunsesan Adedamola and Richard Bergl
Affiliation: Nigerian Conservation Foundation
Project Status: Complete (January to April 2008)
More Information:

Project Title: The Gashaka Primate Project
Research Location: Gashaka-Gumti National Park
Name: Volker Somer
Affiliation: University College London
Project Status: Ongoing (started ???)
More Information: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/gashaka/project

Project Title: Chimpanzee diet and scat decay rate - fecal analysis at macroscopic, microscopic and molecular level
Research Location: Cross River State
Name: Caroline Phillips
Affiliation: University of Cambridge
Project Status: PhD Thesis (ongoing)
More Information: http://www.human-evol.cam.ac.uk

Project Title: The Nigerian chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes vellerosus) in the Gashaka-Mambilla region: status survey and conservation action
Research Location: Gashaka-Mambilla, north eastern Nigeria
Name: B. G. Ogunjemite and T. A. Ashimi
Affiliation: Nigerian Conservation Foundation
Project Status: Completed May 2008
More Information: ogunjemite@yahoo.com

Related Projects:

Project Title: Botanical inventory and density and socio-economics of chimpanzees and gorillas
Research Location: Dja Biosphere Reserve
Name: Nikki Tagg
Affiliation: Projet Grands Singes
Project Status: In progress
More Information: http://webh01.ua.ac.be/crc/pgs
Comments: Vegetation and tree species inventory; uses of species by chimpanzees and gorillas (and loggers); collecting dung for genetic and gastrointestinal parasite studies. Studies occur outside of, but near the range of P. t. ellioti, and maybe important in understanding differences in ecology between chimpanzee populations across biogeographic boundaries.