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APPLICATIONS FOR BONOBO CONSERVATION |
| A Cooperative Effort
Between Sir Sandford Fleming College and the Canadian Great
Ape Alliance |
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GIS Project HOME | Logging
& Deforestation | Bushmeat | Mobile
GIS in the Field | about |
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| The Bushmeat
Crisis |
| Although habitat loss is often
believed to be the primary threat to wildlife, many species
are disappearing faster than their environments. Bonobos
(Pan paniscus) are a primary target, with their
ribs being of particular interest in Kinshasa, the capital
of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
More than one million metric tons of bushmeat
are taken from the Congo Basin forests each year. The
Bushmeat Crisis Task Force estimates that the bushmeat
trade is worth more than one billion dollars
per year in West and Central Africa. |
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Through increased logging activity, bushmeat hunters gain
easy access to once inaccessable, dense areas of rainforest
found in the Congo Basin. With the use of GIS technology,
areas under the highest threat of
deforesation may be identified. Logging trends
can be used to predict high-risk bushmeat activity areas.
Mobile GIS
technology will accurately map avenues of bushmeat hunting
and transport, such as hunting camps, trails, rivers,
and markets. GIS applications will serve as an invaluable
resource for data collection, predictive modelling, and
provide an accurate framework for conservation decision
making on a spatial scale.
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| ©The
Canadian Great Ape Alliance in Association with Sir
Sandford Fleming College
Contact Project Team:
bonoboconservation@great-apes.com
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