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[[West Africa]] > [[Republic of Guinea]] > [[Sangaredi]]
= Summary = <!-- An overview of the site, with a one sentence overview of each of the following sections. can include a site map -->
* Western chimpanzees ([https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15935/17989872 ''Pan troglodytes verus'']) are present in Sangaredi.
* It has been estimated that more than 200 individuals occurred in two neighboring mining concession prior to mining exploitations.
* The chimpanzee population trend is very likely declining due to mining activities.
* This site has a total size of 1542 km².
* Key threats to chimpanzees are mining and logging.
* The following conservation activities were implemented by the WCF: environmental education and forest regeneration.
* Sangaredi is a mining town and mining operations have been ongoing for several decades.
= Site characteristics = <!-- A paragraph summary of physical and geographic aspects of the site, and a table of key information -->
Sangaredi is a mining town in the prefecture Boké in Guinea. Mining exploitation for bauxite began in 1973 and a railway connects the mining site to the port of Kamsar for the ore to be shipped overseas. Mining concessions around Sangaredi are owned by different mining companies, including the Bauxite Company of Guinea (CBG, owned by government of Guinea), Guinea Alumina Corporation and Halco, with the latter two being consortia owned by transnational mining companies with changing ownership over the years.
Sangaredi is characterized by moist savanna with gallery forests along rivers. However, decades of mining and intense anthropogenic influence, including agriculture, logging and hunting, led to large-scale degradation of ecosystems. Still, biodiversity surveys by [https://www.conservation.org/projects/Pages/Rapid-Assessment-Program.aspx Conservation International] and the [http://www.wildchimps.org Wild Chimpanzee Foundation] confirmed the presence of different primate species including western chimpanzee (''Pan troglodytes verus''), Temminck’s red colobus (''Piliocolobus temminckii''), green monkey (''Chlorocebus sabaeus''), sooty mangabey (''Cercocebus atys''), patas monkey (''Erythrocebus patas''), Campbell’s monkey (''Cercopithecus campbelli'') and galago (''Galagoides sp.'' ,Eriksson & Kpoghomou 2006, WCF 2015). In addition, 5 reptile, 17 amphibian, 140 bird and 16 non-primate mammal species were recorded during the Rapid Biological Assessment in 2005 at the site (Wright et al. 2006).
'''Table 1: Basic site information for Sangaredi'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="basic-information"
|Area <!-- Please include units: km2/ha e.g 200ha -->
|1542 km²
|-
|Coordinates
|11.10 N, -13.79 W
|-
|Designation <!-- National Park, Nature Reserve, etc. -->
|None
|-
|Habitat types <!-- List IUCN Habitat Classification 3.0 categories present (Without number), see link below -->
|Subtropical/tropical heavily degraded former forest, arable land, moist savanna, subtropical/tropical moist lowland forest, permanent rivers
|}
[http://www.unitar.org/hiroshima/sites/unitar.org.hiroshima/files/Annex%201%20-%20IUCN%20Classification%20Schemes.pdf IUCN habitat categories] [[Site designations]]
<br>
= Ape status = <!-- a text overview of ape status (population sizes, trends etc), followed by a table of specific surveys and results -->
Sugiyama and Soumah (1988) and Ham (1998) confirmed the presence of western chimpanzees throughout Boké prefecture. As part of a rapid biological assessment in 2005 in Boulléré just to the west of Sangaredi the presence of western chimpanzees was established by Eriksson and Kpoghomou (2006). The [http://www.wildchimps.org Wild Chimpanzee Foundation] corporated with Guinea Alumina Corporation (GAC) since 2008 to assess the impact of mining on chimpanzees in their mining concession, and suggested mitigation measures as part of a comprehensive management plan (WCF 2011, WCF 2015). In 2015 WCF started working with the Bauxite Company of Guinea (CBG) on a concession neighboring the GAC concession (CBG Halco concession). As part of these collaborations, the WCF monitored the local chimpanzee population across several years and estimated a total chimpanzee abundance of more than 200 individuals around Sangaredi. A population trend assessment showed stable population from 2008 until 2014 in the GAC concession (Kühl et al. 2017). But with starting mining exploitation in these concessions and the ensuing habitat destruction and increase in anthropogenic pressure, the chimpanzee population is now very likely declining (WCF 2015).
'''Table 2: Great ape population estimates in Sangaredi'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="population-estimate-table"
! Species
! Year
! Abundance estimate (95% confidence interval)
! Density estimate (per km²)
! Encounter rate (nests/km)
! Area
! Method
! Source
! Comments
! A.P.E.S. database ID
|-
|''Pan troglodytes verus''
|1988
|
|
|Present
|Boké prefecture
|Interview method
|Sugiyama & Soumah 1988
|Questionnaire survey
|
|-
|''Pan troglodytes verus''
|1997
|
|
|Present
|Boké prefecture
|Interview method
|Ham 1998
|Questionnaire survey
|
|-
|''Pan troglodytes verus''
|2005
|
|
|Present
|Boulléré
|Index survey
|Eriksson & Kpoghomou 2006
|Total survey effort: 37.8 km; walking existing trail system
|
|-
|''Pan troglodytes verus''
|2009
|119
|0.11
|
|GAC concession (685 km²)
|Line transects (Distance)
|WCF 2012
|Total survey effort: 537 km
|
|-
|''Pan troglodytes verus''
|2010
|190
|0.18
|
|GAC concession
|Line transects (Distance)
|WCF 2012
|Total survey effort: 347 km
|
|-
|''Pan troglodytes verus''
|2011
|266
|0.25
|
|GAC concession
|Line transects (Distance)
|WCF 2012
|Total survey effort: 339 km
|
|-
|''Pan troglodytes verus''
|2012
|142
|0.14
|
|GAC concession
|Line transects (Distance)
|WCF 2012
|Total survey effort: 348 km
|
|-
|''Pan troglodytes verus''
|2014
|174
|0.25
|
|GAC concession
|Line transects (Distance)
|WCF 2014
|Total survey effort: 254 km
|
|-
|''Pan troglodytes verus''
|2015
|252 (147-423)
|0.33
|
|GAC concession
|Line transects (Distance)
|WCF 2015
|Total survey effort: 254 km
|
|-
|''Pan troglodytes verus''
|2015
|62 (33-118)
|0.1
|
|CBG Halco concession (530 km²)
|Line transects (Distance)
|WCF 2015
|Total survey effort: 139 km
|
|}
= Threats = <!-- a text overview of threats, followed by a table of key threats -->
As mining operations have been ongoing since 1973 the ecosystem is strongly impacted by anthropogenic pressure, especially logging and charring, agriculture, mining, and the presence of settlements, as well as hunting and fishing, and livestock (WCF 2014, WCF 2015). Mining exploitation was planned to start by 2016 in the GAC concession, but the current status is unclear. However, chimpanzee habitat has already been destroyed in the mining concession (WCF 2015). In connection with the mining project concerns have also been raised in relation to social issues (e.g., work insecurity, loss of livelihoods, displacement, corruption), environmental damage by pollution (air, soil, water), crop damage and changes in the hydrology (Environmental Justice Atlas 2019).
'''Table 3: Threats to great apes in Sangaredi'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="threats-table"
!align="left"|Category <!-- Do not change threat categories -->
!Specific threats <!-- For specific threats, please use list of comma separated keywords from the list linked below -->
!Threat level <!-- For threat level, please use keywords: unknown, low, high -->
!Quantified severity <!-- e.g., encounter rate, number of miners etc. (with reference)-->
!Description <!-- You can add descriptive information here -->
!Year of threat <!-- if ongoing or unknown add year of reference in brackets-->
|-
|1. Residential & commercial development
|1.1. Housing & urban areas
|Medium
|
|Mining town of Sangaredi newly established (Environmental Justice Atlas 2019)
|Since 1960s
|-
|2. Agriculture & aquaculture
|2.1. Annual & Perennial Non-Timber Crops
|Medium
|
|Slash and burn agriculture and rice fields (WCF 2015, Wright et al. 2006)
|Ongoing (2015)
|-
|
|2.3. Livestock Farming & Ranching
|Low
|
|Detection of livestock on camera traps (WCF 2015)
|Ongoing (2015)
|-
|3. Energy production & mining
|3.2. Mining & Quarrying
|High
|
|Mining exploitation since 1973 (Environmental Justice Atlas 2019)
|Since 1960s
|-
|4. Transportation & service corridors
|4.1. Roads & railroads
|Medium
|
|Road development for mining activities (Environmental Justice Atlas 2019)
|Since 1960s
|-
|5. Biological resource use
|5.1. Hunting & collecting terrestrial animals
|Medium
|
|Bush-meat study confirmed hunting of primates (WCF 2014)
|Ongoing (2014)
|-
|
|5.3. Logging & wood harvesting
|High
|
|Wood-cutting mainly for charcoal (WCF 2015)
|Ongoing (2015)
|-
|6. Human intrusions & disturbance
|
|Absent
|
|Fire are set for clearing areas for agricultural use (WCF 2014, Wright et al. 2006)
|Ongoing (2014)
|-
|7. Natural system modifications
|7.1. Fire & Fire suppression
|Medium
|
|
|
|-
|8. Invasive & other problematic species, genes, diseases
|
|Unknown
|
|
|
|-
|9. Pollution
|9.2. Industrial & Military Effluents
|Medium
|
|Contamination of air, water and soil (Environmental Justice Atlas 2019)
|Since 1960s
|-
|10. Geological Events
|
|Absent
|
|
|
|-
| 11. Climate change & severe weather
|
|Unknown
|
|
|
|-
|12. Other options
|
|Absent
|
|
|
|-
|}
[https://www.iucnredlist.org/resources/threat-classification-scheme IUCN Threats list]
= Conservation activities = <!-- a text overview of conservation activities, followed by a table of key activities -->
Since 2008, the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation collaborated with the Guinea Alumina Project (GAP) to develop and implement a management plan to first minimize negative impact on chimpanzees and offset any damage (WCF 2011). In 2011 the WCF proposed a management plan that was informed by the annual monitoring surveys that WCF conducted since 2009 (see above). When the ownership of the mining company changed, area proposed for exploitation changed to the southwestern part of the concession and a new management plan was proposed by the WCF (WCF 2015). It is not clear which part of the management plan is or was implemented. As part of their engagement, the WCF conducted different environmental education activities: an extracurricular environmental education program at schools (Club P.A.N. program), theater tour, environmental newsletter, and chimpanzee film screenings (WCF 2011, WCF 2012, WCF 2014, WCF 2015). Community consultation revealed that water is key for local agricultural activities, and in collaboration with local communities the WCF started a program to protect three water sources in the area by protecting the habitat around the water sources – but it is not clear whether protection was implemented (WCF 2014, 2015). In 2015, the WCF established a plant nursery with 25,000 plants to be replanted around three water sources (WCF 2015).
'''Table 4: Conservation activities in Sangaredi'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="conservation-actions-table"
!align="left"|Category <!-- Do not change threat categories -->
!Specific activity <!-- For specific threats, please use list of comma separated keywords from the list linked below -->
!Description <!-- You can add descriptive information here -->
!Year of activity <!-- if ongoing or unknown add year of reference in brackets -->
|-
|1. Residential & commercial development
|Not reported
|
|
|-
|2. Agriculture & aquaculture
|Not reported
|
|
|-
|3. Energy production & mining
|Not reported
|
|
|-
|4. Transportation & service corridors
|Not reported
|
|
|-
|5. Biological resource use
|Not reported
|
|
|-
|6. Human intrusions & disturbance
|Not reported
|
|
|-
|7. Natural system modifications
|Not reported
|
|
|-
|8. Invasive & other problematic species, genes, diseases
|Not reported
|
|
|-
|9. Pollution
|Not reported
|
|
|-
|10. Education & Awareness
|10.1. Educate local communities about primates and sustainable use
|Activities at schools (Club P.A.N. program) and villages (theater, film) (WCF 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015)
|2010-2015
|-
|11. Habitat Protection
|11.8. Plant indigenous trees to re-establish natural tree communities in clear-cut areas
|Plant nursery with 25,000 plants (WCF 2015)
|2015
|-
|12. Species Management
|Not reported
|
|
|-
|13. Livelihood; Economic & Other Incentives
|Not reported
|
|
|-
|}
[[Conservation activities list (Junker et al. 2017)]]
= Impediments = <!-- Overview of impediments to ape conservation -->
Changing ownership of mining companies and volatility of markets for minerals impedes continuous implementation of management plan to mitigate negative impacts of mining operations on chimpanzees (WCF 2015).
'''Table 5: Impediments reported for Sangaredi'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="impediments-table"
!align="left"|Impediment <!-- Do not change categories -->
!Source <!-- source for impediment mentioned -->
|-
|Volatility of funding
|WCF 2015
|}
= Research activities = <!-- Overview of research activities -->
As detailed above several surveys on chimpanzees have been implemented in Sangaredi (Eriksson & Kpoghomou 2006, Wright et al. 2006, WCF 2012, WCF 2014, WCF 2015). The [http://panafrican.eva.mpg.de/index.php Pan African Programme (PanAf)] ‘The Cultured Chimpanzee’ established a temporary research site in Sangaredi with the aim to record ecological conditions of chimpanzees living in the area and to document chimpanzee behavior (Kühl et al. 2016, Kühl et al. 2019).
===Documented behaviours=== <!-- List of any behaviours observed at the site, including citations -->
'''Table 6: Great ape behaviors reported for Sangaredi'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="behaviors-table"
!align="left"|Behavior <!-- Do not change categories -->
!Source <!-- source for behavior -->
|-
|Accumulative stone throwing
|Kühl et al. 2016
|-
|Algae fishing
|Kühl et al. 2019
|-
|Ant dipping
|Kühl et al. 2019
|-
|Ant eating
|Kühl et al. 2019
|-
|Making ground nests
|Kühl et al. 2019
|}
===Relevant datasets===
[http://apesportal.eva.mpg.de/database/archiveMap A.P.E.S Portal]
<br>
= References =
Environmental Justice Atlas. 2019. Iron Mine on Simandou Mountain Range, Mine de Fer, Guinée, [https://ejatlas.org/conflict/bauxite-mining-boke-guinea ejatlas.org]
Eriksson J, Kpoghomou E. 2006. A rapid survey of the primates of Boké Préfecture, northwestern Guinea. (ed) A Rapid Biological Assessment of Boké Préfecture, Northwestern Guinea. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 41. Conservation International, Washington, DC.<br>
Ham R. 1998 Nationwide chimpanzee census and large mammal survey Republic of Guinea. Projet de conservation des chimpanzés en Guineée. Report to the European Union. <br>
Kühl HS. 2016. Chimpanzee accumulative stone throwing. Scientific Reports 6:22219<br>
Kühl HS et al. 2017. The Critically Endangered western chimpanzee declines by 80%, American Journal of Primatology, 79(9): e22681. <br>
Kühl HS et al. 2019. Human impact erodes chimpanzee behavioral diversity, Science 363, 1453–1455<br>
Sugiyama Y, Soumah AG 1988. Preliminary Survey of the Distribution and Population of Chimpanzees in the Republic of Guinea. Primates, 29(4):569-574<br>
WCF. 2011. Annual report of the activities undertaken by the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation to improve the protection of wild chimpanzees and their habitat in West Africa – Year 2011. Online: [https://www.wildchimps.org/reports/reports.html Wild Chimpanzee Foundation]<br>
WCF. 2012. Annual report 2012 – activities of the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation for improved conservation of chimpanzees and their habitat in West Africa. Online: [https://www.wildchimps.org/reports/reports.html Wild Chimpanzee Foundation]<br>
WCF. 2014. Annual report 2014 – activities of the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation for improved conservation of chimpanzees and their habitat in West Africa. Online: [https://www.wildchimps.org/reports/reports.html Wild Chimpanzee Foundation]<br>
WCF. 2015. Annual report 2015 – activities of the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation for improved conservation of chimpanzees and their habitat in West Africa. Online: [https://www.wildchimps.org/reports/reports.html Wild Chimpanzee Foundation]<br>
Wright HE et al. 2006. A Rapid Biological Assessment of Boké Préfecture, Northwestern Guinea. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 41. Conservation International, Washington, DC.<br>
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[[West Africa]] > [[Republic of Guinea]] > [[Sangaredi]]
= Summary = <!-- An overview of the site, with a one sentence overview of each of the following sections. can include a site map -->
* Western chimpanzees ([https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15935/17989872 ''Pan troglodytes verus'']) are present in Sangaredi.
* It has been estimated that more than 200 individuals occurred in two neighboring mining concession prior to mining exploitations.
* The chimpanzee population trend is very likely declining due to mining activities.
* This site has a total size of 1542 km².
* Key threats to chimpanzees are mining and logging.
* The following conservation activities were implemented by the WCF: environmental education and forest regeneration.
* Sangaredi is a mining town and mining operations have been ongoing for several decades.
= Site characteristics = <!-- A paragraph summary of physical and geographic aspects of the site, and a table of key information -->
Sangaredi is a mining town in the prefecture Boké in Guinea. Mining exploitation for bauxite began in 1973 and a railway connects the mining site to the port of Kamsar for the ore to be shipped overseas. Mining concessions around Sangaredi are owned by different mining companies, including the Bauxite Company of Guinea (CBG, owned by government of Guinea), Guinea Alumina Corporation and Halco, with the latter two being consortia owned by transnational mining companies with changing ownership over the years.
Sangaredi is characterized by moist savanna with gallery forests along rivers. However, decades of mining and intense anthropogenic influence, including agriculture, logging and hunting, led to large-scale degradation of ecosystems. Still, biodiversity surveys by [https://www.conservation.org/projects/Pages/Rapid-Assessment-Program.aspx Conservation International] and the [http://www.wildchimps.org Wild Chimpanzee Foundation] confirmed the presence of different primate species including western chimpanzee (''Pan troglodytes verus''), Temminck’s red colobus (''Piliocolobus temminckii''), green monkey (''Chlorocebus sabaeus''), sooty mangabey (''Cercocebus atys''), patas monkey (''Erythrocebus patas''), Campbell’s monkey (''Cercopithecus campbelli'') and galago (''Galagoides sp.'' ,Eriksson & Kpoghomou 2006, WCF 2015). In addition, 5 reptile, 17 amphibian, 140 bird and 16 non-primate mammal species were recorded during the Rapid Biological Assessment in 2005 at the site (Wright et al. 2006).
'''Table 1: Basic site information for Sangaredi'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="basic-information"
|Area <!-- Please include units: km2/ha e.g 200ha -->
|1542 km²
|-
|Coordinates
|11.10 N, -13.79 W
|-
|Designation <!-- National Park, Nature Reserve, etc. -->
|None
|-
|Habitat types <!-- List IUCN Habitat Classification 3.0 categories present (Without number), see link below -->
|Subtropical/tropical heavily degraded former forest, arable land, moist savanna, subtropical/tropical moist lowland forest, permanent rivers
|}
[http://www.unitar.org/hiroshima/sites/unitar.org.hiroshima/files/Annex%201%20-%20IUCN%20Classification%20Schemes.pdf IUCN habitat categories] [[Site designations]]
<br>
= Ape status = <!-- a text overview of ape status (population sizes, trends etc), followed by a table of specific surveys and results -->
Sugiyama and Soumah (1988) and Ham (1998) confirmed the presence of western chimpanzees throughout Boké prefecture. As part of a rapid biological assessment in 2005 in Boulléré just to the west of Sangaredi the presence of western chimpanzees was established by Eriksson and Kpoghomou (2006). The [http://www.wildchimps.org Wild Chimpanzee Foundation] corporated with Guinea Alumina Corporation (GAC) since 2008 to assess the impact of mining on chimpanzees in their mining concession, and suggested mitigation measures as part of a comprehensive management plan (WCF 2011, WCF 2015). In 2015 WCF started working with the Bauxite Company of Guinea (CBG) on a concession neighboring the GAC concession (CBG Halco concession). As part of these collaborations, the WCF monitored the local chimpanzee population across several years and estimated a total chimpanzee abundance of more than 200 individuals around Sangaredi. A population trend assessment showed stable population from 2008 until 2014 in the GAC concession (Kühl et al. 2017). But with starting mining exploitation in these concessions and the ensuing habitat destruction and increase in anthropogenic pressure, the chimpanzee population is now very likely declining (WCF 2015).
'''Table 2: Great ape population estimates in Sangaredi'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="population-estimate-table"
! Species
! Year
! Abundance estimate (95% confidence interval)
! Density estimate (per km²)
! Encounter rate (nests/km)
! Area
! Method
! Source
! Comments
! A.P.E.S. database ID
|-
|''Pan troglodytes verus''
|1988
|
|
|Present
|Boké prefecture
|Interview method
|Sugiyama & Soumah 1988
|Questionnaire survey
|
|-
|''Pan troglodytes verus''
|1997
|
|
|Present
|Boké prefecture
|Interview method
|Ham 1998
|Questionnaire survey
|
|-
|''Pan troglodytes verus''
|2005
|
|
|Present
|Boulléré
|Index survey
|Eriksson & Kpoghomou 2006
|Total survey effort: 37.8 km; walking existing trail system
|
|-
|''Pan troglodytes verus''
|2009
|119
|0.11
|
|GAC concession (685 km²)
|Line transects (Distance)
|WCF 2012
|Total survey effort: 537 km
|
|-
|''Pan troglodytes verus''
|2010
|190
|0.18
|
|GAC concession
|Line transects (Distance)
|WCF 2012
|Total survey effort: 347 km
|
|-
|''Pan troglodytes verus''
|2011
|266
|0.25
|
|GAC concession
|Line transects (Distance)
|WCF 2012
|Total survey effort: 339 km
|
|-
|''Pan troglodytes verus''
|2012
|142
|0.14
|
|GAC concession
|Line transects (Distance)
|WCF 2012
|Total survey effort: 348 km
|
|-
|''Pan troglodytes verus''
|2014
|174
|0.25
|
|GAC concession
|Line transects (Distance)
|WCF 2014
|Total survey effort: 254 km
|
|-
|''Pan troglodytes verus''
|2015
|252 (147-423)
|0.33
|
|GAC concession
|Line transects (Distance)
|WCF 2015
|Total survey effort: 254 km
|
|-
|''Pan troglodytes verus''
|2015
|62 (33-118)
|0.1
|
|CBG Halco concession (530 km²)
|Line transects (Distance)
|WCF 2015
|Total survey effort: 139 km
|
|}
= Threats = <!-- a text overview of threats, followed by a table of key threats -->
As mining operations have been ongoing since 1973 the ecosystem is strongly impacted by anthropogenic pressure, especially logging and charring, agriculture, mining, and the presence of settlements, as well as hunting and fishing, and livestock (WCF 2014, WCF 2015). Mining exploitation was planned to start by 2016 in the GAC concession, but the current status is unclear. However, chimpanzee habitat has already been destroyed in the mining concession (WCF 2015). In connection with the mining project concerns have also been raised in relation to social issues (e.g., work insecurity, loss of livelihoods, displacement, corruption), environmental damage by pollution (air, soil, water), crop damage and changes in the hydrology (Environmental Justice Atlas 2019).
'''Table 3: Threats to great apes in Sangaredi'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="threats-table"
!align="left"|Category <!-- Do not change threat categories -->
!Specific threats <!-- For specific threats, please use list of comma separated keywords from the list linked below -->
!Threat level <!-- For threat level, please use keywords: unknown, low, high -->
!Quantified severity <!-- e.g., encounter rate, number of miners etc. (with reference)-->
!Description <!-- You can add descriptive information here -->
!Year of threat <!-- if ongoing or unknown add year of reference in brackets-->
|-
|1. Residential & commercial development
|1.1. Housing & urban areas
|Medium
|
|Mining town of Sangaredi newly established (Environmental Justice Atlas 2019)
|Since 1960s
|-
|2. Agriculture & aquaculture
|2.1. Annual & Perennial Non-Timber Crops
|Medium
|
|Slash and burn agriculture and rice fields (WCF 2015, Wright et al. 2006)
|Ongoing (2015)
|-
|
|2.3. Livestock Farming & Ranching
|Low
|
|Detection of livestock on camera traps (WCF 2015)
|Ongoing (2015)
|-
|3. Energy production & mining
|3.2. Mining & Quarrying
|High
|
|Mining exploitation since 1973 (Environmental Justice Atlas 2019)
|Since 1960s
|-
|4. Transportation & service corridors
|4.1. Roads & railroads
|Medium
|
|Road development for mining activities (Environmental Justice Atlas 2019)
|Since 1960s
|-
|5. Biological resource use
|5.1. Hunting & collecting terrestrial animals
|Medium
|
|Bush-meat study confirmed hunting of primates (WCF 2014)
|Ongoing (2014)
|-
|
|5.3. Logging & wood harvesting
|High
|
|Wood-cutting mainly for charcoal (WCF 2015)
|Ongoing (2015)
|-
|6. Human intrusions & disturbance
|
|Absent
|
|Fire are set for clearing areas for agricultural use (WCF 2014, Wright et al. 2006)
|Ongoing (2014)
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|7. Natural system modifications
|7.1. Fire & Fire suppression
|Medium
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|8. Invasive & other problematic species, genes, diseases
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|Unknown
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|9. Pollution
|9.2. Industrial & Military Effluents
|Medium
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|Contamination of air, water and soil (Environmental Justice Atlas 2019)
|Since 1960s
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|10. Geological Events
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|Absent
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| 11. Climate change & severe weather
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|Unknown
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|12. Other options
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|Absent
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[https://www.iucnredlist.org/resources/threat-classification-scheme IUCN Threats list]
= Conservation activities = <!-- a text overview of conservation activities, followed by a table of key activities -->
Since 2008, the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation collaborated with the Guinea Alumina Project (GAP) to develop and implement a management plan to first minimize negative impact on chimpanzees and offset any damage (WCF 2011). In 2011 the WCF proposed a management plan that was informed by the annual monitoring surveys that WCF conducted since 2009 (see above). When the ownership of the mining company changed, area proposed for exploitation changed to the southwestern part of the concession and a new management plan was proposed by the WCF (WCF 2015). It is not clear which part of the management plan is or was implemented. As part of their engagement, the WCF conducted different environmental education activities: an extracurricular environmental education program at schools (Club P.A.N. program), theater tour, environmental newsletter, and chimpanzee film screenings (WCF 2011, WCF 2012, WCF 2014, WCF 2015). Community consultation revealed that water is key for local agricultural activities, and in collaboration with local communities the WCF started a program to protect three water sources in the area by protecting the habitat around the water sources – but it is not clear whether protection was implemented (WCF 2014, 2015). In 2015, the WCF established a plant nursery with 25,000 plants to be replanted around three water sources (WCF 2015).
'''Table 4: Conservation activities in Sangaredi'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="conservation-actions-table"
!align="left"|Category <!-- Do not change threat categories -->
!Specific activity <!-- For specific threats, please use list of comma separated keywords from the list linked below -->
!Description <!-- You can add descriptive information here -->
!Year of activity <!-- if ongoing or unknown add year of reference in brackets -->
|-
|1. Residential & commercial development
|Not reported
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|2. Agriculture & aquaculture
|Not reported
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|3. Energy production & mining
|Not reported
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|4. Transportation & service corridors
|Not reported
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|5. Biological resource use
|Not reported
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|6. Human intrusions & disturbance
|Not reported
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|7. Natural system modifications
|Not reported
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|8. Invasive & other problematic species, genes, diseases
|Not reported
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|9. Pollution
|Not reported
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|10. Education & Awareness
|10.1. Educate local communities about primates and sustainable use
|Activities at schools (Club P.A.N. program) and villages (theater, film) (WCF 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015)
|2010-2015
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|11. Habitat Protection
|11.8. Plant indigenous trees to re-establish natural tree communities in clear-cut areas
|Plant nursery with 25,000 plants (WCF 2015)
|2015
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|12. Species Management
|Not reported
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|13. Livelihood; Economic & Other Incentives
|Not reported
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[[Conservation activities list (Junker et al. 2017)]]
= Impediments = <!-- Overview of impediments to ape conservation -->
Changing ownership of mining companies and volatility of markets for minerals impedes continuous implementation of management plan to mitigate negative impacts of mining operations on chimpanzees (WCF 2015).
'''Table 5: Impediments reported for Sangaredi'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="impediments-table"
!align="left"|Impediment <!-- Do not change categories -->
!Source <!-- source for impediment mentioned -->
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|Volatility of funding
|WCF 2015
|}
= Research activities = <!-- Overview of research activities -->
As detailed above several surveys on chimpanzees have been implemented in Sangaredi (Eriksson & Kpoghomou 2006, Wright et al. 2006, WCF 2012, WCF 2014, WCF 2015). The [http://panafrican.eva.mpg.de/index.php Pan African Programme (PanAf)] ‘The Cultured Chimpanzee’ established a temporary research site in Sangaredi with the aim to record ecological conditions of chimpanzees living in the area and to document chimpanzee behavior (Kühl et al. 2016, Kühl et al. 2019).
===Documented behaviours=== <!-- List of any behaviours observed at the site, including citations -->
'''Table 6: Great ape behaviors reported for Sangaredi'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="behaviors-table"
!align="left"|Behavior <!-- Do not change categories -->
!Source <!-- source for behavior -->
|-
|Accumulative stone throwing
|Kühl et al. 2016
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|Algae fishing
|Kühl et al. 2019
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|Ant dipping
|Kühl et al. 2019
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|Ant eating
|Kühl et al. 2019
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|Making ground nests
|Kühl et al. 2019
|}
===Relevant datasets===
[http://apesportal.eva.mpg.de/database/archiveMap A.P.E.S Portal]
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= References =
Environmental Justice Atlas. 2019. Iron Mine on Simandou Mountain Range, Mine de Fer, Guinée, [https://ejatlas.org/conflict/bauxite-mining-boke-guinea ejatlas.org]
Eriksson J, Kpoghomou E. 2006. A rapid survey of the primates of Boké Préfecture, northwestern Guinea. (ed) A Rapid Biological Assessment of Boké Préfecture, Northwestern Guinea. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 41. Conservation International, Washington, DC.<br>
Ham R. 1998 Nationwide chimpanzee census and large mammal survey Republic of Guinea. Projet de conservation des chimpanzés en Guineée. Report to the European Union. <br>
Kühl HS. 2016. Chimpanzee accumulative stone throwing. Scientific Reports 6:22219<br>
Kühl HS et al. 2017. The Critically Endangered western chimpanzee declines by 80%, American Journal of Primatology, 79(9): e22681. <br>
Kühl HS et al. 2019. Human impact erodes chimpanzee behavioral diversity, Science 363, 1453–1455<br>
Sugiyama Y, Soumah AG 1988. Preliminary Survey of the Distribution and Population of Chimpanzees in the Republic of Guinea. Primates, 29(4):569-574<br>
WCF. 2011. Annual report of the activities undertaken by the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation to improve the protection of wild chimpanzees and their habitat in West Africa – Year 2011. Online: [https://www.wildchimps.org/reports/reports.html Wild Chimpanzee Foundation]<br>
WCF. 2012. Annual report 2012 – activities of the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation for improved conservation of chimpanzees and their habitat in West Africa. Online: [https://www.wildchimps.org/reports/reports.html Wild Chimpanzee Foundation]<br>
WCF. 2014. Annual report 2014 – activities of the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation for improved conservation of chimpanzees and their habitat in West Africa. Online: [https://www.wildchimps.org/reports/reports.html Wild Chimpanzee Foundation]<br>
WCF. 2015. Annual report 2015 – activities of the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation for improved conservation of chimpanzees and their habitat in West Africa. Online: [https://www.wildchimps.org/reports/reports.html Wild Chimpanzee Foundation]<br>
Wright HE et al. 2006. A Rapid Biological Assessment of Boké Préfecture, Northwestern Guinea. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 41. Conservation International, Washington, DC.<br>
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