Project Managment

Head Assistant: Honora Kapahazi (since 1992)

Project Manager: Mathieu Malherbe (since 2018)

North Camp (Management & Quarantine)

Health Monitoring & Veterinary Program

Jenny Jaffe (Project Veterinary)

Field assistants help to monitor the health status of the chimpanzees and mangabeys, take urine and fecal samples and conduct follows in case of illness.

Hygiene barrier

Field Assistants

North group (chimpanzees)

Kone Francois (since 2013)

Kore Stephane (since 2017)

Portos (male of North group)

South group (chimpanzees)

Florent Goulei (since 2006)

Olivier Solo (Since 2018)

Woodstock_and_Shogun_grooming__c__Roman_Wittig__Tai_Chimpanzee_Project.JPG — Woodstock and Shogun (two males of South group) grooming

East group (chimpanzees)

Apollinaire Gnahe Gjirian (since 2006)

Innocent M. Ouolo (since 2015)

East group during a long, cohesive grooming session

Northeast group (chimapanzees)

Toubate Nogues (since 2014)

Lamine Diomande (since 2014)

Ozzy (Nort-East group male)

Audrinissrou Group (mangabeys)

Simon Kannieu (since 2012)

Constant Kaye (since 2018)

mangabeys grooming on a branch

Special duty assistant

Denis Lia (since 1997) Fecal collection for microbiom study of SoHaPi project

Abel Kouya (since 2015) Phenology of chimpanzee and mangabeys foods

Two Polykomos in the trees over the camp

Survey Team anti-bracco

Team anti-bracco (v.l.t.r.): Alphonse Tagnon (since 2006), Martin Dere (since 2008), Marie Hirel (WCF supervisor), Elisee Koula (since 2014), Emile Tere Tare (2010)

Team anti-bracco conducts yearly surveys of about 150 transects across the research area

Support Staff

Homme de camp (Barrage)

Justin Ble Kouya (since 2007)

Touan Alexis (since 2011)

Barrage Camp

Homme de camp (South Camp)

Abu Vincent Yaro (since 2016)

Eric Kouya (since 2015)

South Camp

Homme de camp (East camp)

Jean Claude Blaihyo (since 2009)

(Charlie) Hubert Tahou (since 2009)

East Camp

Homme de camp (North-East Camp)

(Petit) Alain Toubate (since 2006)

Arnaud Issio (since 2015)

North-East Camp

Logistics

Sidiki Kone (since 2007) driver & local logistics

Zoro Gone Bi Bertain (since 2014) TCP coordinator in Abidjan

Road, south of Tai, on the way into the forest

last update

Sep 2019