THE GREAT APES
Please also visit the external website of the Section on Great Apes: www.iucngreatapes.org
Section on Great Apes (SGA)
Learn about the section of the Primate Specialist Group dedicated to the conservation of our closest primate kin – bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans.
A.P.E.S. database & State of the Apes reports
Learn about two collaborative initiatives supporting great ape conservation. Some unpublished reports are also available here.
Action Plans
In-depth documents that provide comprehensive information on the status of each species and species-specific conservation strategies.
Best Practices
A series of expert guidelines designed to address critical issues in great ape conservation.
IFC Performance Standard 6 & ARRC Task Force
Learn about the International Finance Corporation’s PS6, and the Task Force working to Avoid, Reduce, Restore negative impacts from energy, extractive and associated infrastructure projects on apes and contribute to their Conservation (ARRC).
Selfies
Guidelines and policy documents regarding "selfies" taken with great apes and other primates have been produced by members of the Primate Specialist Group and conservation partners.
POSITION STATEMENTS
Expansion of oil palm plantations in Africa
Tapanuli orangutans and the Batang Toru hydroelectric dam
