CRIA

LEKWILD - Outside Conservation: exploring the role of local ecological knowledge in the long-term persistence of western chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) outside protected areas in Guinea-

Principal researcher: Tânia Minhós

Research group: Environment, Sustainability and Ethnography

Keywords

Biodiversity Conservation | Environmental Anthropology | Human-Wildlife Interactions | Local Ecological Knowledge | Western Chimpanzees

Funding Institution

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Partners

Centre of Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter (UK); IBAP - Instituto da Biodiversidade e das Áreas Protegidas (Guiné-Bissau)

State

Closed

Start date

01-11-2022

End date

30-04-2023

Reference

EXPLO/2022/02

Abstract

The majority of western chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) live outside protected areas suggesting informal protections are playing a continued role in their persistence. This project seeks to identify this local ecological knowledge and to reflect on its potential incorporation in formal conservation strategies. Only with a full understanding and inclusion of local perspectives and practice will ‘biodiversity conservation’ truly succeed at benefitting people and wildlife.

LEKWILD - Outside Conservation: exploring the role of local ecological knowledge in the long-term persistence of western chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) outside protected areas in Guinea-

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Team

Full members

Amélia Frazão Moreira

PhD students Full members

Chloe Chesney

Associated researchers

Fátima Santos

Kimberley Hockings (Exeter University)

Full members

Maria Cardeira da Silva

Sara Marunur Faria Fernandes Quadé (IBAP)