Monitoring ape habitats
Detecting changes and threats to endangered species’ habitats
Key Staff Members:
Clearing of forests and woodlands has one of the most devastating impacts on great apes, leaving them in isolated, small populations that face edge effects and elevated risk of extinction. Satellite imagery and GIS are powerful tools to monitor chimpanzee habitats and threats even in the most remote, difficult to access areas. JGI has been a leader in applying multi-temporal, multi-resolution satellite imagery to map and detect change in the distribution of chimpanzee habitats in Africa from local to regional scales.
This work is integral to the following JGI programs in Africa:
- Gombe-Masito-Ugalla
- Tanzania Conservation Action Plan
- Tanzania REDD project
- Gombe Stream Research Center
- AEP REDD project
- DRC Chimpanzee Conservation Action Plan
- Tchimpounga Nature Reserve
- Tchimpounga Release and Reintroduction Plan
Learn more about JGI’s monitoring of ape habitats:
- http://jvi.asm.org/cgi/content/abstract/JVI.05475-11v1
- http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc06/papers/abstracts/a2373.html
- http://www.janegoodall.org/lilian-world-map-forum
- http://www.gim-international.com/issues/articles/id1392-Conservation_A_Birdseye_View.html
- http://www.isprs.org/proceedings/XXXIV/part1/paper/00059.pdf
- http://books.google.com/books?id=VMtbmkOYD-kC&pg=PA225&lpg=PA225&dq=matching+pintea+gombe&source=bl&ots=prDVaJ2xUu&sig=TGNR5Kgu1b32GBR97AdwlfR19nA&hl=en&ei=xO9QTuTjCYfMgQf8-43gBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=matching%20pintea%20gombe&f=false
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