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Launch of Great Apes Exhibit, Uganda National
Museum
The first GRASP educational exhibit was inaugurated in at the Uganda
National Museum in Kampala, Uganda, on 28 June 2006. This event
was perfectly timed, as the President of the Republic of Uganda
had recently reaffirmed his support of primate conservation and
environmentally sustainable development in Uganda.
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International meeting on great apes culminates
with historic Kinshasa Declaration
Great apes are under growing threat in their habitat in tropical
Africa and South-East Asia. An intergovernmental meeting was held
in Kinshasa, Congo DR, 5-9 September 2005. As a result, key partners
committed themselves in the Declaration of Kinshasa, a high level
instrument for the survival and conservation of gorillas, chimpanzees,
bonobos and orangutans.
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Great apes cause pleaded at the World Expo 2005
The Japan Committee of the Great Apes Survival Project promoted
great apes survival and conservation at the World Expo 2005. The
Great Apes Survival Project (GRASP) is lead by the United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP) and UNESCO. It gathers partners from
public and private sectors as well as the civil society. Launched
in 2001, it now involves 23 range states, many donor nations and
over 30 NGOs. Very active, the Japan Committee has a web
site partly translated in English, describing its activities.
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UNESCO raises funds
for great apes exhibition worldwide travel, starting from Paris
A national exhibition on great apes was shown in the French
museum of science and industry, in Paris (December 2004-March 2005).
UNESCO, thanks to support from enthusiasts and internal funds, has
bought the materials from the exhibition, in DVD format. The exhibition
is now available for 23 countries where great apes lives, or range
states.
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Emergency meeting to save the great apes
Funds are urgently needed to lift the threat of imminent extinction
from humankind's closest living relatives, delegates to an international
crisis meeting on the great apes announced on 26 November 2004 at
UNESCO in Paris. UNESCO and the United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP) gathered key international actors to break ground for a global
strategy for great ape conservation.
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People and great apes in the Congolese
Heritage (workshop, September 2004)
The situation of natural and human heritage in the 5 World Heritage
sites in the Democratic Republic of Congo is critical. UNESCO organized
in September 2004 a series of events spanning key challenges. Twelve
experts notably participated in a technical workshop on great apes
survival, in Paris.
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Great apes conservation and sustainable use
of tropical forest resources: Workshop in Yokohama, Japan
On 27 May 2005, the International Tropical Timber Organization
and the Great Apes Survival Project met in Yokohama, Japan. The
workshop targeted "The sustainable use of tropical forest resources
and the conservation of great apes - GRASP (Great Apes Survival
Project)". The report sums up experts' presentations and suggestions
for future actions to improve the chances of survival of great apes.
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Gala dinner in London for
the benefit of the world's great apes
A charity dinner, held on 24 May 2004 in London, raised funds and
publicity for great apes cause and the Great Apes Survival Project.
140 people attended, representing Governments and the private sector.
Leading conservationist Richard Leakey gave the main address.
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Great apes survival in focus at Convention
on Biological Diversity - seventh Meeting
UNESCO and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) advocated
the cause of great apes survival and conservation before key international
actors on 17 February 2004, at the 7th Meeting of the Conference
of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia).
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