Gathering key actors: the Great Apes Survival Project
The Great Apes Survival Project (GRASP) is the 1st ever concerted approach to a major extinction crisis. Lead by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and UNESCO, it gathers partners from public and private sectors as well as the civil society. Its work notably culminated in 2005 with the Kinshasa Declaration.

Generating a high level international instrument: the Kinshasa Declaration
A historic event, the 1st Intergovernmental Meeting on great apes survival and conservation was held in Kinshasa, Congo DR, 5-9 September 2005. UNESCO and UNEP contributed to gather 200 delegates who notably resolved to:

• significantly reduce the rate of loss of great ape populations and their habitats by 2010
• secure the future of all species and subspecies of great apes in the wild by 2015

Get involved, via support and volunteering

Donate to the Great Apes Survival Project at UNESCO.

• By cheque: payable to "UNESCO", in € or US$. Send the cheque to:
  GRASP, Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences, UNESCO, 1, rue Miollis, 75732 Paris Cedex 15 - France
• By bank transfer:
  In €: UNESCO A/C No. 30003-03301-00037291909-97 Societe generale Paris Seine Amont, 10 rue Thénard 75005 Paris, France. SWIFT code: SOGEFRPPAFS
  In US$: UNESCO A/C No. 949-1-191558 J.P. Morgan Chase International Money Transfer Division 4 Metrotech Center, Brooklyn New York, NY 11245, U.S.A. SWIFT code: CHASUS33
  - ABA No. 0210-0002-1
  Please quote on your bank transfers and correspondence to UNESCO the reference: "468GLO2000-GRASP".
  Do not forget to inform us about your donation, to be updated on our activities.

You may also volunteer your time and skills: Intern volunteers can apply with:

• UNESCO: Contact Ms Gifty Dlouhy.
• UNEP: Contact Mr Matt Woods
• Some NGO partners, e.g.: MONA Foundation. This charity, which rescues captive primates, is looking for dedicated volunteers in the north of Spain, to assist with primate husbandry, fund-raising, data collection etc. Send your CV and a short motivation letter to: Ms Lorraine Docherty
  Pandrillus, working in Nigeria and Cameroon on the rehabilitation of orphaned drills and chimpanzees. Qualified Volunteers are needed. Contact Ms Liza Gadsby or Mr Peter Jenkins

Individuals and specialists can also contribute ideas for generating support for great apes survival and conservation: Write to Mr Samy Mankoto, programme specialist (UNESCO).

Finally you may join the network worldwide, contacting directly the 23 range states and 30 NGOs united in the Great Apes Survival Project.

Contact

• For donations and administrative questions: Ms Gifty Dlouhy
• For research and conservation issues: Mr Samy Mankoto

Read more

• Kinshasa Declaration official text (PDF format)
  Including the list of signatories
• Young Scientists Awards
  UNESCO dedicates US$100,000 for least developed African states sheltering great apes
• UNEP-GRASP web site
  Information about this major partner and more about the Great Apes Survival Project
• GRASP national committees:
  • Australia
  • Japan