Jef Dupain - Bonobo Behavior and Conservation
The Democratic Republic of Congo boasts the second-largest contiguous moist tropical forest on Earth. The DRC is also the only place in the world where one finds the critically endangered bonobo or pygmy chimpanzee—one of humankind’s closest living relatives. As the African Wildlife Foundation’s Congo Heartland Coordinator, Belgian primatologist Jef Dupain has worked in the DRC’s most remote and politically unstable regions creating a nationally recognized and protected reserve to ensure the future of the last remaining bonobos. Jef speaks about the unique behavioral character of bonobos, and AWF’s efforts to conserve them in their threatened forested home.
