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= Summary =

<div style='float: right'>{{#display_map: height=190px | width=300px | scrollzoom=off | zoom=5 | layers=OpenStreetMap,OpenTopoMap|7.440424, -11.888874~[[Socfin Agricultural Company Concession]]~''Pan troglodytes verus''}}</div>
* Western chimpanzees (''Pan troglodytes verus'') are present in the Socfin Agricultural Company concession area.
* The population size is unknown.
* The chimpanzee population trend is unknown.
* The site has a total size of 222 km².
* Key threats to chimpanzees are palm oil cultivation and expansion of human settlements.
* Conservation activities are not well documented.

= Site characteristics =

The area is located in the Malin Chiefdom, Pujehun District, in southern Sierra Leone. The concession area is about 222 km² and comprises large oil palm fields interspersed with secondary patches of forest, one to seven year old patches of farm bush, and small scale cassava plantations and other cultivated food crops.

'''Table 1. Basic site information for Socfin Agricultural Company Concession'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="Site_characteristics-table"
|Species
|''Pan troglodytes verus''
|-
|Area
|222 km²
|-
|Coordinates
|Lat: 7.440424 , Lon:  -11.888874
|-
|Type of site
|Logging concession
|-
|Habitat types
|Agricultural land, Subtropical/tropical heavily degraded former forest
|-
|Type of governance
|
|}

[[Types of sites]] [[Governance types]] [[Habitat types]] 
= Ape status =

In 2019, a visit to the concession area revealed the presence of chimpanzee nests and feeding activity on palm trees, which confirms chimpanzee presence in the area (Kanneh pers. comm. 2023).

'''Table 2. Ape population estimates reported for Socfin Agricultural Company Concession'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="Ape_status-table"
!Species
!Year
!Occurrence
!Encounter or vistation rate (nests/km; ind/day)
!Density estimate [ind./ km²] (95% CI)
!Abundance estimate (95% CI)
!Survey area
!Sampling method
!Analytical framework
!Source
!Comments
!A.P.E.S. database ID
|-
|''Pan troglodytes verus''
|2019
|Present
|
|
|
|Socfin concession area
|Unknown
|
|Kanneh pers. comm. 2023
|
|
|}

[[Sampling methods]] [[Analytical frameworks]] 
= Threats =



'''Table 3. Threats to apes reported for Socfin Agricultural Company Concession'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="Threats-table"
!Category
!Specific threats
!Threat level
!Description
!Year of threat
|-
|2 Agriculture & aquaculture
|2.1 Annual & perennial non-timber crops
|Present (unknown severity)
|Habitat modification resulting from the cultivation of oil palm (Kanneh pers. comm. 2023).
|Ongoing (2023)
|}

[[Threats]] 
= Conservation activities =



'''Table 4. Conservation activities reported for Socfin Agricultural Company Concession'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="Conservation_activities-table"
!Category
!Specific activity
!Description
!Implementing organization(s)
!Year of activity
|-
|4 Education & awareness
|4.1 Educate local communities about apes and sustainable use
|There is some form of education and awareness raising happening (Turay & Kanneh 2022).
|
|Ongoing (2022)
|}

[[Conservation activities]] 
= Challenges =



'''Table 5. Challenges reported for Socfin Agricultural Company Concession'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="Challenges-table"
!Challenges
!Specific challenges
!Source
!Year(s)
|-
|2 Resources and capacity
|2.1 Lack of capacity/training
|Turay & Kanneh 2022
|
|-
|1 Site management
|1.4 Conflict on land tenure
|Turay & Kanneh 2022
|
|}

[[Challenges]] 
= Enablers =



'''Table 6. Enablers reported for Socfin Agricultural Company Concession'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="enabler-table"
!Enablers
!Specific enablers
!Source
!Year(s)
|-
|1 Site management
|
|
|
|-
|2 Resources and capacity
|
|
|
|-
|3 Engaged community
|
|
|
|-
|4 Institutional support
|
|
|
|-
|5 Ecological context
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|
|
|-
|6 Safety and stability
|
|
|
|}

[[Enablers]] 
= Research activities =



= Documented behaviours =



'''Table 7. Behaviours documented for Socfin Agricultural Company Concession'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="behaviours-table"
!Category
!Behavior
!Observation type
!Prevalence
!Observation dates
!Source
!Habituation
!Species
!Comment
|-
|
|Not reported
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|}

[[Behaviours]] 
= Exposure to climate change impacts =



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= References =





'''Page created by: '''Ansumana Babar Turay & Ambrose Bockarie Kanneh''' Date:''' 2022-12-18