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Human Origins Program at the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History.

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Organizations Working to Protect Primates

All great apes and many other primate species are severely endangered. Fortunately, there are many organizations working at the local, national, and international level to protect primates. Listed below is a variety of organizations that work on endangered species, primate protection, and multiple or specific great ape species.

World Conservation Union's (IUCN's) Red List of Threatened Species

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Species Survival Plan Program

African Wildlife Foundation

Balikpapan Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation and BOS-USA

Bonobo Conservation Initiative

Bushmeat Crisis Task Force

Bushmeat Project

Conservation International

Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International

International Fund for Animal Welfare

Jane Goodall Institute

Gorilla Foundation/Koko.org

Madagascar Fauna Group

Orangutan Foundation International

United Nations Environment Programme's Great Apes Survival Project

World Wide Fund for Nature (World Wildlife Fund in the U.S.)