by t. | Jun 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
Last year, Chimbo was recognized for our achievement in stopping chimpanzee hunting by the world- renowned chimpanzee specialist, Jane Goodall. In addition, the auditors of the EU gave us good marks for our financial management. In light of these successes, we are am...
by t. | Feb 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
ALCOA Foundation likes our community based chimpanzee conservation programme in which community rangers play an active role. It asked us to investigate whether this approach would also be feasible for the conservation zones inside the bauxite mining concession of the...
by t. | Jan 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
Recently Chimbo signed a Memorandum of Understanding with CIBIO, a Portuguese Research Institute aimed a/o at cooperation on certain research topics. In light of this collaboration CIBIO is working on a pilot study on the Corubal in Guinea-Bissau. A webstory on this...
by t. | Jun 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
Some achievements of this year: 178 sacred sites registered as ICCA (Indigenous and Community Conserved Area) in the ICCA-registry of the UN; 10 girls have been accepted in our scholarship programme to get secondary education; and in January a lion roared near our...
by t. | Jun 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
This spring, 178 sacred sites of the Boé, which were already registered as ICCA (Indigenous and Community Conserved Area) have been accepted as IUCN category III protected areas in the WDPA. Read more about it in our newsletter of May...
by t. | Jun 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
To celebrate the closure of the COMBAC Boé project in style, we organised a cultural competition with four categories: A drawing competition for school children; and competitions on dances, decoration of buildings and handicraft for adults. Read more about it in our...
