West African Primate Conservation Action

Founded in 2001, West African Primate Conservation Action is a non-governmental organisation based in Accra, Ghana working on nature & wildlife conservation, environment & climate, education +1 more.

West African Primate Conservation Action (WAPCA) is a non-governmental organisation based in Accra, Ghana. It works to conserve and protect threatened primates of West Africa, including the Critically Endangered Roloway monkey and Miss Waldron's colobus, through community empowerment, research, conservation education and reserve breeding. Its work covers several Ghanaian regions and the south-easternmost point of Côte d'Ivoire, and it has an office in the United Kingdom. WAPCA was founded in 2001 by Heidelberg Zoo in Germany and established as a local Ghanaian NGO in 2007. Its stated aim is to safeguard endangered primates and their habitats through a One Plan Approach to species conservation.