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Taï National Park (Côte d’Ivoire) © A.P.E.S. Wiki Team

Summary

Western chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) are present in Taï National Park.
It has been estimated that 406 (CI: 265-623) individuals occur at the site.
The chimpanzee population trend is stable.
This site has a total size of 5,0812 km².
Key threats to chimpanzees are poaching and diseases.
A range of conservation activities are implemented, including permanent presence of researchers and tourists, anti-poaching patrols, environmental education and measures to prevent disease transmission to chimpanzees.
Taï National Park is the largest remaining forest block in the Upper Guinea Region and is home to one of the longest-running chimpanzee research sites.

Site characteristics

Taï National Park (IUCN category: II) was created in 1972 and proclaimed a UNESCO world heritage site in 1982 (Criteria iii, iv, UNESCO 2019a). The park is located in south-western Côte d'Ivoire (5°15'-6°07'N, 7°25'-7°54'W), approximately 200 km south of Man and 100 km from the coast. With a size of 5,0812 km², it is the largest protected forest block in Côte d’Ivoire and one of the last tropical lowland forests in the Upper Guinea Region. The topography is mostly flat, but some Inselbergs occur. The majority of the forest in the park has never been logged and this mature, old-growth forest supports rich a diversity of species. It has been estimated that around 1,300 plant species occur in the park, 80-150 are endemic to the Upper Guinea region (BirdLife International 2019). Because of its diversity of bird species, notably white-breasted guinea fowl (Agelastes meleagrides) and large hornbill species, it is considered an Important Bird Area (BirdLife International 2019). Primate species recorded in the park include olive colobus (Procolobus verus), western red colobus (Piliocolobus badius), king colobus (Colobus polykomos), and Diana monkey (Cercopithecus diana). Other mammal species include the Pel's flying squirrel (Anomalurus peli), forest elephant (Loxodonta africana ), pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis), Water chevrotain (Hyemoschus aquaticus), African buffalo (Syncerus caffer), and a range of duikers, including Maxwell's duiker (Philantomba maxwellii), black duiker (Cephalophus niger), zebra duiker (Cephalophus zebra), and Jentink's duiker (Cephalophus jentinki). Reptile species include (Crocodylus cataphractus) and African dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis), Home's hinge-back tortoise (Kinixys homeana). Taï National Park is home to one of the longest-running chimpanzee research sites. Since 1979, the behavior and ecology of chimpanzees has been studied by the Taï Chimpanzee Project. Research has also been ongoing for several decades at the Taï Monkey Project. Taï National Park is managed by the Office Ivoirien des Parcs et Réserves (OIPR). There are two eco-tourism sites, one near the town of Taï (managed by WCF, www.ecotourismetai.com) and one near Djouroutou Ecotel Touraco (managed by a private manager, Mr. Louis DIAKITE).

Table 1: Basic site information for Taï National Park

Area	5,0812 km²
Coordinates	5.77 N, 7.12 W
Designation	National Park
Habitat types	Subtropical/tropical moist lowland forest, plantations

IUCN habitat categories Site designations

Ape status

Chimpanzees, Taï National Park (Côte d’Ivoire) © Sonja Metzger/WCF

Since 2005 annual surveys on western chimpanzees have been implemented by OIPR and the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation (WCF). Estimated chimpanzee abundance ranges between 300-800 individuals and the population seems to be stable (Campbell et al. 2008). Since 2016, the WCF uses camera traps to systematically monitor biodiversity in 200 km² in the Taï National Park (Cappelle et al. 2019).

Table 2: Great ape population estimates in Taï National Park

Species	Year	Abundance estimate (95% confidence interval)	Density estimate (per km²)	Encounter rate (nests/km)	Area	Method	Source
Pan troglodytes verus	2016	406 (265-623)	0.07 (0.05-0.11)	0.265	entire	Line transects (Distance)	Tiédoué et al. 2016
Pan troglodytes verus	2015	540 (321-909)	0.099 (0.060-0.169)	0.57	entire	Line transects (Distance)	Tiédoué et al. 2015
Pan troglodytes verus	2014	238 (116-487)	0.044 (0.022-0.091)	0.67	entire	Line transects (Distance)	Tiédoué et al. 2014
Pan troglodytes verus	2013	294 (173-500)	0.055 (0.032-0.093)	0.49	entire	Line transects (Distance)	Tiédoué et al. 2013
Pan troglodytes verus	2012	264(135-518)	0.0493 (0.0252-0.0966)	0.39	entire	Line transects (Distance)	Yapi et al. 2012
Pan troglodytes verus	2011	497 (287-868)	0.09 (0.05-0.16)	0.58	entire	Line transects (Distance)	N'Goran et al. 2011
Pan troglodytes verus	2010	441 (264-735)	0.08 (0.05-0.14)	0.89	entire	Line transects (Distance)	N'Goran et al. 2010
Pan troglodytes verus	2009	361 (230-568)	0.077 (0.040-0.147)	1.22	entire	Line transects (Distance)	N'Goran et al. 2009
Pan troglodytes verus	2008	516 (314-847)	0.10 (0.06-0.16)	0.91	entire	Line transects (Distance)	N'Goran et al. 2008
Pan troglodytes verus	2007	479 (299-767)	0.09 (0.06-0.14)	0.54	entire	Line transects (Distance)	N'Goran et al. 2007
Pan troglodytes verus	2006	480 (280-830)	0.089 (0.052-0.155)	0.54	entire	Line transects (Distance)	N'Goran et al. 2006

Threats

Illegal poaching represents the major threat to the chimpanzee population in the park. Habitat destruction by agriculture, illegal logging and gold mining in some areas of the park also threatens the long-term existence of chimpanzees. Furthermore, long-term research by the Taï Chimpanzee Project and the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin confirmed that Ebola virus (Formenti et al., 1999), Anthrax (Leendertz et al. 2004) and respiratory diseases of human origin (Köndgen et al., 2008) killed a considerable number of chimpanzees. While human population density was low in the 1970s when the park was created it has grown considerably afterwards, resulting in increasing pressure on the park, especially since the arrival of refugees from Liberia during the civil war (BirdLife International 2019). All forest around Taï has been cleared.

Table 3: Threats to great apes in Taï National Park

Category	Specific threats	Threat level	Quantified severity	Description	Year of threat
1. Residential & commercial development		Absent
2. Agriculture & aquaculture	2.1. Annual & Perennial Non-Timber Crops	Low		Cocoa and rice field in the eastern side of the park (Tiédoué et al. 2016)	Ongoing (2016)
3. Energy production & mining	3.2. Mining & Quarrying	Medium	3 abandoned and 1 active mining sites (Tiédoué et al. 2016)	Artisinal gold mining (Tiédoué et al. 2016, UNESCO 2019b)	Ongoing (2019)
4. Transportation & service corridors	4.1. Roads & railroads	Medium		Trails used by poachers (Tiédoué et al. 2016)	Ongoing (2016)
5. Biological resource use	5.1. Hunting & collecting terrestrial animals	High	29 gunshots heard, 38 snares and 81 cartridges found (Tiédoué et al. 2016)	Poaching is widespread throught the park (Tiédoué et al. 2016, UNESCO 2019b)	Ongoing (2019)
6. Human intrusions & disturbance		Absent
7. Natural system modifications		Absent
8. Invasive & other problematic species, genes, diseases	8.1. Invasive Non-Native/Alien Species/Disease	High		chimpanzees died of respiratory diseases of human origin (Köndgen et al. 2008)	Ongoing (2008)
	8.2. Problematic Native Species/Disease	High		chimpanzees died of Ebola virus (Formenti et al. 1999), Anthrax (Leendertz et al. 2004)	Ongoing (2004)
9. Pollution		Absent
10. Geological Events		Absent
11. Climate change & severe weather		Unknown
12. Other options		Absent

IUCN Threats list

Conservation activities

In the 1970's the first research station was built in Taï National Park and since then several research projects have been conducted on different species. In particular, long-term studies by the Taï Chimpanzee Project (TCP) established in 1979 and the Taï Monkey Project (TMP) established in 1989 ensured and continue to ensure the presence of researchers at the research sites, which have been shown to have a positive influence on local chimpanzee densities (Campbell et al. 2011). Office Ivoirien des Parcs et Reserves (OIPR) does an annual bio-monitoring survey over the entire park and, in addition, the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation (WCF) also does an annual bio-monitoring survey over the research area in collaboration with the TCP. OIPR and WCF also conduct regular patrols across the entire park to control for illegal human activities. A range of environmental awareness activities have been implemented, including an eco-museum in Taï, theater plays, movie presentations, newsletters, Club P.A.N., radio shows (WCF 2015, 2018). Two Eco-tourism projects have been developed in the Taï and Djouroutou area. Finally, the Taï Chimpanzee Project is implementing a set of measures to prevent the transmission of human diseases to the chimpanzees (Grützmacher et al. 2018).

Table 4: Conservation activities in Taï National Park

Category	Specific activity	Description	Year of activity
1. Residential & commercial development	Absent
2. Agriculture & aquaculture	2.10. Certify farms and market their products as ‘primate friendly’	support unions of female farmers in the commercialization and promotion of ‘zero deforestation’ agricultural products, including honey from bee-keeping, makore butter, and cacao (WCF 2018)	Ongoing (2018)
3. Energy production & mining	Absent
4. Transportation & service corridors	Absent
5. Biological resource use	5.6. Conduct regular anti-poaching patrols	anti-poaching patrols conducted by OIPR and WCF (WCF 2018)	Ongoing (2018)
	5.15. Implement monitoring surveillance strategies (e.g. SMART) or use monitoring data to improve effectiveness of wildlife law enforcement patrols	anti-poaching patrols use SMART (WCF 2018)	Ongoing (2018)
6. Human intrusions & disturbance	Absent
7. Natural system modifications	Absent
8. Invasive & other problematic species, genes, diseases	8.7. Wear face-masks to avoid transmission of viral and bacterial diseases to primates	mandatory to wear face-masks (Grützmacher et al. 2018)	since 2004
	8.8. Keep safety distance to habituated animals	minimum viewing distance of 7 m (Grützmacher et al. 2018)	since 1999
	8.10. Implement quarantine for people arriving at, and leaving the site	quarantine in a separate quarantine camp (Grützmacher et al. 2018)	since 2008
	8.12. Ensure that researchers/tourists are up-to-date with vaccinations and healthy	visitors have to be vaccinated against measles, all researchers have to be up-to-date with vaccines (Grützmacher et al. 2018)	since 2008
	8.13. Regularly disinfect clothes, boots etc.	‘hygiene barrier’ implemented mandating changing clothes and disinfecting boots (Grützmacher et al. 2018)	since 2002
	8.20. Implement continuous health monitoring with permanent vet on site	veterinary at research site since 2000 (Grützmacher et al. 2018)	since 2000
	8.22. Detect & report dead primates and clinically determine their cause of death to avoid disease transmission	done by the veterinary (Grützmacher et al. 2018)	since 2000
9. Pollution	Absent
10. Education & Awareness	10.1. Educate local communities about primates and sustainable use	environmental awareness raising activities include eco-museum, community meetings, extra-curricular activities in schools Club P.A.N., radio shows, newsletters, theater plays with discussion rounds and movie presentations (WCF 2015, WCF 2018)	Ongoing (2018)
	10.2. Involve local community in primate research and conservation management	people hired and trained by research and conservation projects (Taï Chimpanzee Project 2019, Taï Monkey Project 2019, WCF 2018)	Ongoing (2019)
	10.4. Regularly play TV & radio announcements to raise primate conservation awareness	several sets of radio programs played regularly (WCF 2018)	Ongoing (2018)
	10.5. Implement multimedia campaigns using theatre, film, print media, discussions	theater tour, community discussions, radio, environmental days, eco-museum (WCF 2015, WCF 2018)	Ongoing (2018)
11. Habitat Protection	11.2. Legally protect primate habitat	designated as National Park in 1972 (UNEP-WCMC and IUCN 2019)	since 1972
12. Species Management	Absent
13. Livelihood; Economic & Other Incentives	13.3. Run research project and ensure permanent human presence at site	3 long-term research projects: Tai Chimpanzee Project (since 1979, Boesch & Boesch-Achermann 2000, Wittig 2018), Tai Monkey Project (since 1989, McGraw et al. 2007) and Tai Hippo Project (since 2013, IBREAM 2018)	since 1979
	13.4. Run tourist projects and ensure permanent human presence at site	2 ecotourism sites (Taï and Djouroutou, initiated in 2013, WCF 2015, WCF 2018)	since 2013
	13.5. Permanent presence of staff/manager	Boesch & Boesch-Achermann 2000, McGraw et al. 2007, Wittig 2018	since 1979

Conservation activities list (Junker et al. 2017)

Impediments

Widespread poaching shows that there is still a lack of sufficient law enforcement (EoH 2010).

Table 5: Impediments reported for Taï National Park

Impediment	Source
Lack of law enforcement	EoH 2010

Research activities

Since 1979 chimpanzees have been studied in Taï National Park by the Taï Chimpanzee Project (Tai Chimpanzee Project 2019), while the Taï Monkey Project studies different monkey species since 1989 (Tai Monkey Project 2019). A wide range of topics have been studied including behavior, culture, feeding ecology, sociality, health, biomonitoring methods, and conservation interventions. Since 2013, research is also ongoing on the pygmy hippo (IBREAM 2018).

Documented behaviours

Table 6: Great ape behaviors reported for Taï National Park

Behavior	Source
Ant dipping	Luncz and Boesch 2015, Kühl et al. 2019, Taï Chimpanzee Project 2019
Ant eating	Luncz and Boesch 2015, Kühl et al. 2019, Taï Chimpanzee Project 2019
Ant eating without tools	Luncz and Boesch 2015, Kühl et al. 2019, Taï Chimpanzee Project 2019
Branch clasping	Whiten et al. 1999
Branch dragging	Whiten et al. 1999
Branch slapping	Whiten et al. 1999
Buttress beating	Whiten et al. 1999
Fluid dipping	Whiten et al. 1999
Honey eating	Luncz and Boesch 2015, Kühl et al. 2019, Taï Chimpanzee Project 2019
Honey extraction with tools	Luncz and Boesch 2015, Kühl et al. 2019, Taï Chimpanzee Project 2019
Honey extraction without tools	Luncz and Boesch 2015, Kühl et al. 2019, Taï Chimpanzee Project 2019
Knuckle-knock	Whiten et al. 1999
Leaf clipping	Luncz and Boesch 2015, Kühl et al. 2019, Taï Chimpanzee Project 2019
Leaf cushion	Luncz and Boesch 2015, Kühl et al. 2019, Taï Chimpanzee Project 2019
Leaf sponging for drinking water	Luncz and Boesch 2015, Kühl et al. 2019, Taï Chimpanzee Project 2019
Marrow pick	Luncz and Boesch 2015, Kühl et al. 2019, Taï Chimpanzee Project 2019
Nut cracking	Luncz and Boesch 2015, Kühl et al. 2019, Taï Chimpanzee Project 2019
Stone throwing	Luncz and Boesch 2015, Kühl et al. 2019, Taï Chimpanzee Project 2019
Termite eating	Luncz and Boesch 2015, Kühl et al. 2019, Taï Chimpanzee Project 2019
Termite eating without tools	Luncz and Boesch 2015, Kühl et al. 2019, Taï Chimpanzee Project 2019
Wood pounding	Whiten et al. 1999

Relevant datasets

A.P.E.S Portal

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 Since 2005 annual surveys on western chimpanzees have been implemented by OIPR and the [https://www.wildchimps.org/index.html  Wild Chimpanzee Foundation (WCF)].  Estimated chimpanzee abundance ranges between 300-800 individuals and the population seems to be stable (Campbell et al. 2008). Since 2016, the WCF uses camera traps to systematically monitor biodiversity in 200 km² in the Taï National Park (Cappelle et al. 2019).

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