Annual report 2025

Annual report 2025

Chimbo looks back on a year of strong results shadowed by a threat we have anticipated since 2007. Our community rangers now patrol from 35 village committees across the Boé, all newly equipped with uniforms, boots and ID cards; our scholarship programme for girls...
Chimpanzees and motorbikes

Chimpanzees and motorbikes

When we started our conservation work in Boé in 2007 most people walked (often large distances) and only some had a bicycle. Nowadays, one may come across motorbikes almost everywhere in Boé, as the most appropriate and apparently affordable way of transport. When we...
Annual Report 2024

Annual Report 2024

We are pleased to share with you the Annual Report 2024 of the Chimbo Foundation. This year has brought both remarkable achievements and a number of challenges in our mission to protect the western chimpanzee and its habitat in the Boé region of Guinea Bissau. From...
What did this chimpanzee catch?

What did this chimpanzee catch?

What did this chimpanzee catch? Where gorillas are impressive yet peaceful vegetarians, chimpanzees like to eat animal protein from time to time. That doesn’t stop with eating termites or army-ants. Chimpanzee groups may actively hunt for monkeys in tree tops. On rare...