 
					
							
							Project						
						Protecting Chimpanzees and their Ecosystem from COVID-19
Initiative
						Duration
						
															2021																						 - 2022														
						Location
Uganda
Species protected
						
			
	Chimpanzee		
		
			Pan troglodytes
			
Project objectives
This project seeks to protect chimpanzees, local communities and their ecosystems from the health, ecological and economic risks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the Kibale Forest National Park.
This project is implemented by Association Projet Conservation des Grands Singes.
This project is part of the IUCN Save Our Species African Wildlife initiative, which is co-funded by the European Union.
Threats
 
				Diseases
 
				Habitat loss & degradation
 
				 
	 
	 
	