- Name of the project : Implementation of a genetic monitoring program of the Massawa chimpanzee groups through fecal collection campaigns and bio-statistical processing of the data, based on the occurrences to size the population
- Client : Sabodala Gold Operations – ENDEAVOUR
- place : Senegal
Project summary
Carried out a genetic monitoring mission of West African chimpanzee communities frequenting the Sofia and Yassé sites, on the Massawa gold mining concession, in southeastern Senegal. This mission included the collection of faeces in the field, the drafting of the conservation protocol, the realization of laboratory analyses to identify individuals, the analysis of the spatial occupation of the territory of the groups, the genetic links between these groups and the comparison with the results of the first genetic study, in order to define adapted monitoring and compensation programs.
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