Section on Great Apes of the
IUCN SSC PRIMATE SPECIALIST GROUP
BEST PRACTICE GUIDANCE

  The Section on Great Apes of IUCN SSC has developed consensus on a series of best practices guidelines concerning several issues that are of critical importance in great ape conservation. These are as follows:  

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Great Ape Tourism

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Heath Monitoring and Disease Prevention in Great Ape Populations

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Preventing and Mitigating Human-Great Ape Conflict

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Surveys and Monitoring of Great Ape Populations

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Re-introduction of Great Apes

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Reduced Impact Logging

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Great Apes and FSC