Day One
Location: Room IV
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Agenda and Sessions
| TIME | SESSION |
Morning Session10:00 – 13:00 |
1. Opening
2. Election of Chair 3. Adoption of the Agenda 4. Secretariat Report |
Afternoon Session15:00 – 18:00 |
5. Update on the Status of Great Apes and their Habitats
6. Presentation of the GRASP Review and Key Recommendations |
Evening Session18:30 – 21:00 |
7. Evening Reception |
Useful Resources
Speakers
DR. JOHANNES REFISCH
Johannes leads the secretariat for the Great Apes Survival Partnership (GRASP), a unique alliance of member nations, research institutions, conservation organizations, United Nations agencies and private supporters that is based at UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) headquarters in Nairobi. Johannes has a Diploma degree in animal ecology and has held scientific positions in Germany, Switzerland and the United States. He was co-director of the Tai Monkey Project in Cote d’Ivoire, and the results of his PhD work in 2001 resulted in a Research Conservation Award from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques. Johannes relocated to East Africa in 2005, and worked as a programme manager for the International Gorilla Conservation Programme (IGCP), then joined GRASP in 2006. He is a member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Primate Specialist Group and the IUCN Transboundary Conservation Specialist Group. He has a wide experience in natural resource management (NRM) and assisted GTZ (German Technical Cooperation), IGCP, WWF and UNEP in designing, supervising and implementing NRM projects.
HJALMAR KÜHL
Prof. Kühl is Head of the Zoology Department and Head of the Section Mammalogy at the Senckenberg Museum of Natural History in Görlitz and Professor of Mammalian Biodiversity at the Technical University in Dresden. Hjalmar’s research interests focus on various aspects in ape conservation, the development of wildlife survey and monitoring techniques, as well as questions in ape population ecology. In collaboration with the IUCN/SSC/PSG section on great apes he implemented the A.P.E.S. database project to compile and meta-analyse great ape survey data.
MATTHEW HATCHWELL
Matthew is an independent consultant focusing on international conservation programmes and policy as well as on local needs and opportunities within the UK. As former Director of Conservation at the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), he led ZSL’s field conservation programmes in more than 50 countries worldwide, working alongside governments, NGO partners and local communities to protect a wide range of species and habitats. Matthew joined ZSL following a 30-year career with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), where he served most recently as Director for International Policy and Programme Development. Prior to this, Matthew was the Chief Executive of WCS Europe, having previously led WCS country programmes in Madagascar – where he was instrumental in the creation of Masoala and Sahamalaza/Iles Radama National Parks – and Congo, where he helped to establish Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park and co-directed a capacity-building programme for protected area managers.