Bonobo (Pan paniscus) Conservation Strategy 2012–2022

Indicator

Type

(performance, 

progress, impact)

Method

Existing 

data

Organisation

responsible

Frequency

Where

Cost

(low, 

medium, 

high)

S4/O2

By 2013, analyses of trends in threats to bonobos are carried out annually

Hunting pressure on bonobos is 

monitored from 2012

Progress

Analysis of annual trends in 

LEM data (bonobo hunting, 

including seizures of meat and 

live animals, arrests, market 

controls) collected in S1/O3 

using MIST or SMART

Partial

ICCN and partners Annual

Data from entire bonobo 

range (site-specific data 

plus trafficking data)

Medium

Areas of each PA that are poaching free 

are monitored (target 85% of the PA or 

more)

Progress

Collate data from ecological 

monitoring surveys, law 

enforcement and any other 

activity (see S1/O1); enter into 

MIST or SMART and analyse 

for changes between years or 

for trends across multiple years

Partial

ICCN and partners Annual trend 

analysis (monthly 

reports are in SO/

O1)

In PAs

Medium

Potential agricultural plantation and 

mining plans that would remove bonobo 

habitat are monitored

Progress

Examine proposals to Ministry 

of Agriculture and Rural 

Development and Ministry of 

Mines for oil palm, rubber and 

other industrial plantations, and 

mining developments within 

bonobo range

Unknown

ICCN and partners Continuous

Throughout bonobo 

range

Low

S4/O3

By 2013, effectiveness of Law enforcement monitoring is tracked across all bonobo range

Trends in bonobo poaching incidents 

detected per unit effort (patrols per year 

and similar) are monitored from 2013

Performance

Track LEM data from S1/O1and 

S1/O3 and analyse using MIST 

or SMART

Partial

ICCN and partners Annual trend 

analysis

(monthly reports 

are in SO/O1 and 

S1/O3)

In PAs

Low

Trends in the proportion of bonobo-

related and weapons/ammunition-

related arrests to successful 

prosecutions, and effectiveness of 

effort to ensure that this is done, are 

monitored from 2013

Performance

Track LEM data from S1/O3 

and analyse using MIST or 

SMART

Partial

ICCN and partners Annual trend 

analysis

Throughout the 

country’s courts

Low

Trends in illegal weapons and 

ammunition trafficking and use is 

monitored to unit effort of antipoaching, 

and effectiveness calculated

Performance

Track LEM data from S1/O4 

and analyse using MIST or 

SMART

Partial

ICCN and partners Annual trend 

analysis

(monthly reports 

are in SO/O4)

Throughout bonobo 

range and at points 

where guns/ammunition 

are trafficked

Medium

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Indicator

Type

(performance, 

progress, impact)

Method

Existing 

data

Organisation

responsible

Frequency

Where

Cost

(low, 

medium, 

high)

S4/O4

By 2014, logging concessions are monitored for compliance with wildlife laws

Proportion of logging companies in 

bonobo range with operational internal 

rules forbidding illegal hunting in logging 

concessions is tracked

Performance

Management plans examined, 

checked for appropriate 

regulations and reports 

produced

No

ICCN and partners Continuous

Logging concessions

Low

Trends in bonobo (and other) poaching 

incidents detected per patrol per year in 

logging concessions are monitored

Performance

LEM data collected in S1/O5 

are analysed using MIST or 

SMART

No

Logging 

companies 

plus ICCN and 

conservation 

partners

Annual analysis 

showing multi-year 

trends

Logging concessions

Low

S4/O5

By 2016, a sound health monitoring and disease prevention plan is developed and implemented, focusing on the prevention of human-bonobo disease spread, having the potential 

to address eventual disease outbreaks among bonobos and contributing to the well-being of local communities living around PAs

Health monitoring and disease 

prevention plan is completed by 2013

Progress

Health monitoring and disease 

prevention plan written

None

ICCN, Ministry 

of Health, 

conservation, 

health and 

research partners

Start 2013

Priority sites

Low

All field personnel are trained in disease 

prevention, sample collection, early 

detection by beginning of 2014

Performance 

Workshops

None

ICCN, Ministry 

of Health, 

conservation, 

health and 

research partners

2-yearly refresher 

courses

Priority sites

Low

Health monitoring of wild bonobos 

and local communities around PAs 

conducted from beginning of 2014

Impact

Analysis of bonobo faecal 

samples and carcasses; 

collection and examination of 

human health records

None

ICCN, Ministry 

of Health, 

conservation, 

health and 

research partners

Ongoing 

(any unusual 

illnesses/deaths 

immediately 

reported)

Priority sites

Medium

Emergency intervention plan developed 

by end 2013, and funds available by 

start 2014

Progress

Plan developed, emergency 

funds available

None

ICCN, Ministry 

of Health, 

conservation, 

health and 

research partners

As defined in the 

strategy

National, but detailed for 

each site

Low

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