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5. Acknowledgements

We sincerely thank the many individuals and organizations who contributed to the develop-

ment of this conservation strategy, including Rebecca Kormos, Valentin Omasombo, Ella Outlaw 

and Anthony Rylands. The Primatology Department of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary 

Anthropology coordinated the process of collecting and archiving data from bonobo surveys, 

funded in part by a grant from the Primate Action Fund. We also thank Annette Lanjouw, Dirck 

Byler and Richard Ruggiero for their engagement throughout this conservation process, which was 

generously funded and supported by the Great Ape Programme of the Arcus Foundation and the 

United States Fish and Wildlife Service Great Ape Conservation Fund. 

6. Acronyms and Abbreviations Used

ABC 

Amis des Bonobos du Congo

ACOPRIK 

Action Communautaire pour la Protection des Primates du Kasaï

ANR  

Agence National de Renseignement

AWF 

African Wildlife Foundation

BCI 

Bonobo Conservation Initiative

CARPE 

Central African Regional Programme for the Environment

CBFP 

Congo Basin Forest Partnership

CBNRM 

Community-Based Natural Resource Management

CCWG 

Conservation Challenge Working Group

CEDAP  

Centre de Développement Agro-Pastoral de Djolu

CI 

Conservation International

COMIFAC 

Commission des Forêts d’Afrique Centrale

CoCoCongo   Coalition pour la Conservation au Congo

CoCoSi 

Comité de Coordination du Site

CREF 

Centre de Recherche en Ecologie et Foresterie

FARDC 

Armed Forces of the DRC (Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du 

Congo)

GIS 

Geographic Information System

GRASP 

Great Apes Survival Partnership

ICCN 

Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature

IUCN 

International Union for Conservation of Nature

LEM 

Law Enforcement Monitoring

MPI-EVAN 

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

MECNT 

Ministry of the Environment, Conservation & Tourism (Ministère de l'Environnement, 

Conservation de la Nature et Tourisme)

MMT Mbou-Mon-Tour

NGO 

non-governmental organisation

NP 

national park

NTFP 

non-timber forest product

PA 

protected area

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PES 

Payment for Ecosystem Services

PERSE 

Protection de l’Ecosystème et des Espèces Rare du Sud-Est de l’Equateur

PNC 

Congolese National Police (Police Nationale Congolaise)

PSG 

Primate Specialist Group

REDD 

Reducing Emissions from Deforestation & Forest Degradation

SNP 

Salonga National Park

SOS Nature  Solidaires et Organisés pour Sauver la Nature

SSC 

Species Survival Commission

TL2 Tshuapa-Lomami-Lualaba

UNDP 

United Nations Development Programme

UNEP 

United Nations Environment Programme

UNESCO  

United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organisation

USAID 

United States Agency for International Development

USFWS 

United States Fish & Wildlife Service

WCBR 

Wamba Committee for Bonobo Research

WWF 

World Wide Fund for Nature

WCS 

Wildlife Conservation Society

ZSM 

Zoological Society of Milwaukee

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