Ape Alliance Annual Symposium 2018

The Ape Alliance, initiated in 1996, is an international coalition of organisations and individuals working for the conservation and welfare of apes (4apes.com). The 2018 annual symposium will bring together current research from members across the world in a relaxed seminar style setting. Presentations of 10-20 minutes each, plus time for discussion, will be followed by a panel discussion.

• Volker Sommer (UCL): Nigeria's wild Northeast – a last stance for wild life?
• Susan Cheyne (Borneo Nature Foundation): Recent developments
• Michelle Desilets (Orangutan Land Trust): developments in palm oil and sustainability
• Hannah Fair (Brunel): The 'Global Lives of the Orangutan' project
• Alexandra Palmer (Oxford): Ethical questions in orangutan rehabilitation
• Michael Guindon (London Zoological Society): Being as 'Palm Oil Technical Adviser'
• Stephen Corry (Survival International): Decolonizing Conservation
• Ian Redmond (Ape Alliance): New technologies for outreach

Head Photo by Jutta Hof