Find out about the Great Apes - our relatives - and how you can help to save them from extinction.
The Ape Alliance is an international coalition of organisations and individuals, working for the conservation and welfare of apes.
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Ape Alliance News:
How To: Protect Your Livelihood From Wild Animals
22/07/2010 - Click here to read more...
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Bonobo eating cane at Lola ya Bonobo sanctuary, DRC. ( www.PhotoIanRedmond.co.uk ) -
Ape Alliance News:
Best Practice Guidelines For Mitigating Human - Great Ape Conflict
22/07/2010 - Click here to read more...
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Hainan Gibbons. ( www.cockroad.org.uk ) -
Ape Alliance News:
Drcongo Says Talking To China On Land For Palm Oil
16/07/2010 - Click here to read more...
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Female mountain gorilla, Virunaga NP, DR Congo. ( www.PhotoIanRedmond.co.uk ) -
Ape Alliance Events:
From Cage To Clinic: Primate Research For Regenerative Medicine (symposium)
16/08/2010 - Click here to read more...
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Adult male orangutan, Kusasi. Borneo. ( www.PhotoIanRedmond.co.uk ) -
Ape Alliance Events:
Compassionate Conservation: Animal Welfare In Conservation Practice
01/09/2010 - Click here to read more...
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Orphan chimpanzees confiscated by authorities, Eastern DRC. ( www.PhotoIanRedmond.co.uk ) -
Ape Alliance Events:
International Primatological Society Xxiii Congress
12/09/2010 - Click here to read more...
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Hagenia forest in front of Mt Mikeno, DRCongo. ( www.PhotoIanRedmond.co.uk )
The Ape Alliance supported the UN Year of the Gorilla campaign 2009. Not only was Ape Alliance chairman Ian Redmond OBE the Ambassador for the UN YoG but also, many of our member organisations organised special events during the year 
- find out more at www.YoG2009.org and view the YoG Blog. Read the YoG Epilogue to see how the ideas behind YoG integrate with 2010 the UN International Year of Biodiversity
The Ape Alliance exists to:
- Provide a forum for discussion of issues relating to apes.
- Develop position papers on key issues.
- Lobby collectively for enactment and/or enforcement of legislation to improve the welfare and/or conservation of apes.
- Campaign for greater public awareness of ape issues and increase respect for apes.
- Facilitate information exchange between member groups and, where appropriate, coordinate activities to maximise their beneficial effect.
For more details on the aims and achevements of the Ape Alliance, and who supports the work visit the About Us Page.
