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Among chimpanzees : field notes from the race to save our endangered relatives / Nancy J. Merrick.

by Merrick, Nancy J.

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Beacon Press, [2014] c2014.

Chimpanzees -- Conservation -- Africa, East.

Wildlife conservationists -- Africa, East.

Primatologists -- Africa, East.

Endangered species -- Africa.

Habitat conservation -- Africa.

9780807084908 (hc.)

0807084905 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Chimpanzees : field notes from the race to save our endangered relatives

xv, 254 p. : illustration, map ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-244) and index.

Foreword / by Jane Goodall -- Preface -- Part I. Return to Africa, 2008. D©Øej©Ła vu in paradise ; Sanctuary ; New arrivals ; Full circle ; Facade and survival -- Part II. Gombe east and Gombe west, 1972-1976. The path to Gombe Stream ; A different time ; New developments ; Kobi ; Kigoma bound ; After Gombe -- Part III. Great ape advocates/what we learned, 2008-2011. Sounding the alarm ; In the nick of time ; Linking destinies in Uganda : 2011 ; Africa's sanctuaries and fragmented forests ; Ending bushmeat ; Chimps, guerrillas, and Dr. Hamburg ; Carole Noon and the power of one ; Zoos ; For your entertainment -- Part IV. Making it happen. The future of the Gombe chimps ; The Congo Basin ; Hail Mary : what one person can do ; Roots & Shoots, and final reflections -- Epilogue.

A student of Jane Goodall shares stories of chimps, taking readers on a journey to save man's closest relative. Chimps are in real trouble, extinct in four African countries and nearly so in ten others once part of their natural habitat. Most remaining chimps live in unprotected, increasingly fragmented forests. Beginning in 2009, Nancy Merrick began tracking the extent to which chimpanzees are at risk across Africa and what can be done. Her student training had begun in 1972 as a young field assistant in Jane Goodall's famous Gombe camp. She was swept up in the excitement of discovering the remarkable world of chimpanzees -- their ability to fashion tools, their dazzling intelligence, and their complex relationships and societies. She became a devoted advocate for our closest genetic relatives. When she returned to Africa decades later, she was shocked by how much has changed. Agriculture and logging has destroyed natural habitats throughout equatorial Africa, endangering chimpanzees, gorillas, and bonobos. The author connects with primatologists and conservationists trying to protect what is left of the last great forests. How chimps are faring across Africa and in captivity. A crucial eyewitness account of a very critical period in their existence, and a rousing call for us to join the efforts to be a voice for the chimpanzees, before they're all gone.

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