An alliance of IUCN conservationists advocating for the avoidance and minimization of negative impacts on apes and their habitat, from energy, extractive, and associated infrastructure projects.
Task Force Chair: Genevieve Campbell
Coordinator: Tatyana Humle
Researcher: Maegan Fitzgerald
Steering Committee member names are kept confidential.
Great Ape Action Planning
Purpose: Provides a forum to establish and revise the SGA’s approach to action planning to ensure continual improvement and use of state-of-the-art methods.
Working Group Chair: Jacqui Sunderland Groves
Members: Richard Bergl, Anna Bohm Masozera, Christina Ellis, Marc Fourrier, Melvin Gumal, Tatyana Humle, Rebecca Kormos, Annette Lanjouw, Fiona 'Boo' Maisels, Erik Meijaard, Bethan Morgan, Lilian Pintea, Andy Plumptre, Didik Prasetyo, Aldrianto Priadjati, Johannes Refisch, Arif Setiawan, Liz Williamson, Erin Wessling
Please see the link here to watch the brown bag presentation with the results from our Great Ape Action Planning Analysis and Review from June 2022.
COVID-19
Purpose: Bringing together people with expertise on great ape health to produce statements and guidance related to COVID-19.
Working Group Chairs: Liz Williamson and Serge Wich
Members: Marc Ancrenaz, Kirstin Gilardi, Lynne Gaffikin, Tom Gillespie, Tony Goldberg, David Greer, Kimberley Hockings, Tatyana Humle, Gladys Kalema Zikusoka, Nadine Lamberski, Fabian Leendertz, Liz Macfie, Fiona 'Boo' Maisels, Bethan Morgan, Megan Owen, Martha Robbins, Dominic Travis, Steve Unwin, Chris Walzer
A.P.E.S. Database
Purpose: To create a Vision and Strategy for the APES database for the next 10 years and provide recommendations on how the SGA could be involved (or not) in the Arcus State of the Apes publication series moving forward.
Working Group Chairs: Hjalmar Kuehl and Dirck Byler
Members: Genevieve Campbell, Susan Cheyne, Imong Inaoyom, Paul Kouame N'Goran, Rebecca Kormos, Hjalmar Kuehl, Annette Lanjouw, Fiona 'Boo" Maisels, Isabel Ordaz Nemeth, Lilian Pintea, Andrew Plumptre, Johannes Refisch, G. Tenekwetche Sop, Ciara Stafford, Jacqueline Sunderland-Groves, Serge Wich, Liz Williamson
Purpose: Bringing together expertise on chimpanzee cultural behavior, conservation science and policy to drive multidisciplinary approaches to conserve the chimpanzee.
Working Group Chairs: Erin Wessling and Crickette Sanz
Members: Katarina Almeida-Warren, Mimi Arandjelovic, Rachel Ashegbofe Ikemeh, Christophe Boesch, Susana Carvalho, Ekwoge Enang Abwe, Emmanuel Danquah, Kathelijne Koops, Kim Hockings, Lydia Luncz, Tatyana Humle, Ammie Kalan, Alex Piel, Protais Niyigaba, Alejandra Pascual-Garrido, Gaku Ohashi, Robinson Orume, Mamadou Saliou Diallo, Serge Soiret
Working group on Great Ape Conservation Effectiveness
Purpose: The Working Group on Great Ape Conservation Effectiveness unites the expertise of a diverse array of professionals, including species specialists, evidence experts, impact evaluation specialists, funders, and private sector representatives. Together, we aim to strengthen the conservation evidence base for great apes, ensuring that strategies and actions are guided by the best available knowledge.
Working Group chairs: Jessi Junker and Hjalmar Kühl
Members: to be confirmed
