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Under the Bonobo Conservation Initiative, a reforestation project is planned for the Maringa-Lopori-Wamba Landscape around the Luo Scientific Reserve in an attempt to counter the destruction of bonobo habitat and increase areas where the bonobo are protected. 5,000 hectares (12,000 acres) will be replanted, forming corridors to link existing ...
The ZSM's initial goal was to survey Salonga National Park to determine the conservation status of the bonobo within the park and to provide financial and technical assistance to strengthen park protection. As the project has developed, the ZSM has become more involved in helping the Congolese living in bonobo habitat.
The Kokolopori Bonobo Reserve is the site of a long-term bonobo research project led by scientists from Harvard University and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. [3] Vie Sauvage, the managing organization of the Kokolopori Bonobo Reserve, also manages Djolu Technical College (Institut Supérieur de Développement Rural de ...
Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelli) Hominoidea is a superfamily of primates. Members of this superfamily are called hominoids or apes, and include gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, gibbons, bonobos, and humans. Hominoidea is one of the six major groups in the order Primates. The majority are found in forests in Southeastern Asia and Equatorial Africa, with the exception of humans, which have ...
Columbus Zoo focuses on conservation. ... I think it really starts with understanding what a bonobo is." Today, the zoo contributes to research initiatives to improve the care of bonobos, whose No ...
Kanzi, a bonobo, uses a lexigram keyboard to ask his caregivers for water, on Monday, July 31, 2023, at the Ape Initiative, on Des Moines' south side.
The bonobo, on the other hand, has egalitarian, nonviolent, matriarchal, sexually receptive behaviour. [51] Bonobos frequently have sex, sometimes to help prevent and resolve conflicts. Different groups of chimpanzees also have different cultural behaviour with preferences for types of tools. [ 52 ]
The Kokolopori Bonobo Reserve is a nature reserve in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.The 4,875-square-kilometre (1,882 sq mi) reserve is a protected area for endangered bonobos and uses a community-based model of natural resource management undertaken by residents of the villages of Kokolopori and the local conservation organisation Vie Sauvage.