Resources
Early Childhood Development
Training Videos for teachers who teach younger children:
Teaching activity resources for teachers who teach younger children:
EduConservation
Family Activity Sheets
Follow the Adventures of Ben the Honey Badger in Namibia
These SPAC EduConservation Family Activity Sheets, produced for Namibian school learners and their families, are available in English. They are free to download and use, under the following Creative Commons laws - Reusers can copy and distribute this material in any medium or format in unadapted form only, for non-commercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to SPAC EduConservation.
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Aïcha Découvre
These SPAC Activity Sheets for Morocco are available in French.
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Fatou Découvre
These SPAC Activity Sheets for Senegal are available in French.
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Ouanda, notre jeune aventurière, découvre différents animaux dans les zones protégées de la République du Congo. Ces fiches d’activités sont adaptées aux enfants de 3 à 12 ans. Elles ont été créées pour les enfants qui sont parfois confinés chez eux pendant la pandémie de Covid-19. Ces fiches d’activités sont publiées chaque semaine dans le journal Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, afin d’être facilement accessibles aux familles.
Ouanda, our young adventurer, discovers different animals in the protected areas of the Republic of Congo. These Activity Sheets are suitable for children from 3 to 12 years old. They were created for children who are at times confined to their homes during the Covid-19 pandemic. These Activity Sheets are published weekly in the newspaper, Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, to be easily accessible to families.
Ouanda Découvre
These SPAC Activity Sheets for the Republic of Congo are available in French and English.
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Conservation & Research
Publications:
Ebola virus impacts transmission events in Apes:
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Walsh, P.; Abernethy, K.; Bermejo, M.; Beyers, R.; De Wachter, P.; Ella Akou, M.; Huijbregts, B.; Idiata Mambounga, D.; Lahm, S.A.; Latour, S.; Maisels, F.; Mbina, C.; Mihindou, Y.; Ndong Obiang, S.; Ntsame Effa, E.; Starkey, M. P.; Telfer, P.; Thibault, M.; Tutin, C.E.G.; White, L.J.T.; and Wilkie, D.S. (2003). “Catastrophic ape decline in western equatorial Africa”. Nature 1-3, 6 April.
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Leroy, E.M.; Rouquet, P.; Formenty, P. ; Souquière, S. ; Kilbourne, A. ; Froment, J.M. ; Bermejo, M. ; Smit, S. ; Karesh, W.; Swanepoel, R.; Zaki, S.R.; and Rollin, P.E. (2004). “Multiple Ebola virus transmission events and rapid decline of Central African wildlife” . Science 303: 387-390.
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Rouquet, P.; Froment, J.M.; Bermejo, M.; Kilbourn, A.; Karesh, W.; Reed, P.; Kumulungui, B.; Yaba, P.; Délicat, A.; Rollin, P.E.; Leroy, E.M. (2005). "Wild Animal Mortality Monitoring, and Human Ebola Outbreaks in Gabon and Republic of Congo". 2001–2003. Emerging Infect Diseases 11: 283-290.
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Bermejo, M; Rodriguez-Teijeiro, J.D.; Illera G..; Barroso, A.; Vilà, C.; Walsh, P. (2006) “Ebola Outbreak Killed 5000 Gorillas”. Science 314: 1564.
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Walsh, P.D., Rodríguez-Teijeiro, J.D., & Bermejo, M. 2008. Disease avoidance and the evolution of primate social connectivity: Ebola, bats, gorillas, and chimpanzees. pp.183-198 in Primate parasite ecology: The dynamics and study of host-parasite relationships. M.A. Huffman and C.A. Chapman editors. Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
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Le Gouar1, P.J.; Vallet, D.; Laetitia, D.; Bermejo, M.; Gatti, S.; Levréro, F.; Petit, E.J.; Ménard, N. (2009) “How Ebola Impacts Genetics of Western Lowland Gorilla Populations”. PLoS ONE 4: 1-12.
Western lowland gorillas life histories from four study sites – Novel Data on WLG social structure:
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Bermejo, M. (2004). “Home range use and intergroup encounters in western gorillas (Gorilla g. gorilla) at Lossi Forest, North Congo". Am .J. Primatol 64: 223-232.
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Rogers, M.E.; Abernethy, K.; Bermejo, M.; Cipolletta, C.; Doran, D.; McFarland, K.; Nishihara, T.; Remis, M.; and Tutin, C.E.G. (2004). "Western Gorilla diet: A synthesis from six sites”. Am. J. Primatol 64: 173-192.
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Robbins, M.M.; Bermejo, M; Cipolletta, C.; Magliocca, F.; Parnell, R.J.; and Stokes, E. (2004). “Social structure and life-history patterns in western gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)". Am. J. Primatol 64: 145-159.
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Giovanni, F.; Vallet, D.; Le Gouar, P.; Bernardo-Madrid, R.; Illera, G.; Molina-Vacas, G.; Dréano, S.; Revilla, E.; Rodriguez-Teijeiro, JD.; Ménard, N.; Bermejo, M.; Vilà, C. (2019) “From groups to communities in western lowland gorillas”. Proceedings Royal Society of London B 1-9.
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Morrison, RE,; Dunn, JC.; Illera, G.; Walsh, PD.; Bermejo, M. (2020). "Western gorilla space use suggests territoriality". Scientific Reports 10(1): 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60504-6
Evolutionary split between eastern and western lowland gorillas – Sex-biased dispersal distances in western lowland gorillas:
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Clifford, S.L.; Anthony, N.M. ; Bawe-Jonhson, M.; Abernethyu, K.A.; Tutin, C.E.G.; White, L.J.T.; Bermejo, M.; Goldsmith, M.L.; McFarland, K.; Jeffery, A.J.; Bruford, N.W.; Wickings, E.J. (2004). Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla). Mol. Ecol 13: 1551-1565.
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Douadi, M.; Gatti, S.; Levrero, F.; Duhamel, G. ; Bermejo, M. ; Vallet, D. ; Menard, N.; Petit, E.J. (2007) “Sex-biased dispersal in western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)”. Mol Ecol 16: 2247-2259.
More relevant publications related to apes:
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Bermejo M.; Illera, G. and Sabater Pí, J. (1989). "New observations on the tool-behaviour of the chimpanzees of Mount Assirik (Senegal, West Africa)”. Primates 30(1): 65-73
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Sabater Pi, J.; Bermejo, M.; Illera, G. And Veá, J. (1993) “Behavior of bonobos (Pan paniscus) following their capture of monkeys in Zaire”. Int. J. of Primatol. 14(5):797-804
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Bermejo, M.; Illera, G. And Sabater Pí, J. (1994). “Animals and mushrooms consumed by bonobos (Pan paniscus): New records from Lilungu (Ikela), Zaire”. Int. J. of Primatol. 15(6):879-698
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Bermejo, M. (1999) “Status and conservation of primates in Odzala National Park, Republic of the Congo”. Oryx 33(4):323-331
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Bermejo, M. and Omedes, A. (1999). “Vocal repertoire of the bonobos (Pan paniscus) from Lilungu (Ikela), Zaire. Folia Primatol. 70:328-357
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Bermejo, M. and Illera, G. (1999). “Tool-set for termite-fishing and honey extraction by wild chimpanzees in the Lossi Forest, Congo”. Primates 40(4):619-627