Chimp & See Talk

Hi from Germany!

  • Akoyan by Akoyan

    Sounds like a great project!! I am happy that those opportunities exist and I hope I can help a bit! 😃

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  • DZM by DZM admin

    Welcome to the project, @Akoyan -- ! So glad to have you. You will definitely be helping!!

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  • NuriaM by NuriaM scientist, moderator

    Hallo @Akoyan!! willkommen 😉

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  • charly03 by charly03

    Hello. I have much pleasure in the project . I hope I can help as a little . I saw on a video tourists . Now I 'm worried about whether these videos also can not help to find out where the gorillas and chimpanzees residing in order then to lead tourists to money there. Would not it be better to leave the animals in peace and to prevent that? best regards

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  • Snorticus by Snorticus in response to charly03's comment.

    Hi @charly03 I'm not sure about the specific tourists we have seen but they may be part of this project and hopefully not a danger to the chimps and gorillas:

    "Eco-Tourism Program In Côte d’Ivoire Could Save Chimpanzees"

    https://afktravel.com/57046/eco-tourism-program-in-cote-divoire-could-save-chimpanzees/

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  • MimiA by MimiA scientist, moderator

    Hi Charly03, thanks for working on Chimp&See with us!!!

    It is true that at 1 of our sites you will see ecotourists. The cameras don't lead them there (the animals are habituated to humans and are monitored daily) but you raise an interesting point! Ecotourism is generally considered a positive conservation practice, where people can learn about, and learn to respect, wild animals in their natural environments. At the same time their money is used to provide an economic benefit to the surrounding communities and support the conservation efforts for the parks and animals themselves. Without the income from ecotourism, the people that live close to the parks may choose to exploit the park for food (hunting), cut down the forest to plant crops or undertake other economically beneficial activities that harm wild animals and their habitats.

    having a research or monitoring presence near forests has been shown to increase wild animals densities at many sites: http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/7/5/723

    but of course it is not without controversy (https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/wild-things/ecotourism-could-bring-new-dangers-animals), tourists can cause harm and that is why there are measures in place that try to mitigate it, like here: https://portals.iucn.org/library/efiles/edocs/ssc-op-038.pdf

    You will also see hunters on almost all of our cameras - unfortunately there really isn't anywhere peaceful for these wild animals to live any more at all.

    Great observation and I'm happy to discuss it more with you if you want 😃

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  • charly03 by charly03

    Hi Snorticus, thanks für the answer.

    Hi, MimiA,
    Many thanks for the answer. That with the tourists I understand now . I looked on the internet on this tourist project . This is then probably a very good thing . Some of the people destroy nature . Part of it also protects . Without these people it would no longer provide the animals in the forest probably soon . The whole forest would probably no longer be available soon . I am glad that I can with the cameras a tiny bit farther on your Kham . 😃

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  • MimiA by MimiA scientist, moderator

    Thank you charly03 - we are happy to have you here!!! 😃

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