Authors and first official signatories

Authors of the text (in alphabetical order)

• Christophe Boesch, Primatologist, Leipzig, Germany
• Hedwige Boesch, Director Wild Chimpanzee Foundation, Leipzig, Germany
• Emmanuelle Grundmann, Primatologist and Reporter, Paris, France
• Blaise Mulhauser, Eco-biologist, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

First official Signatories (in alphabetical order)

• Elsa Addessi, research scientist, Rome (Italy)
• Ilaria Agostini, primatologist, University "La Sapienza", Roma (Italy)
• Lilly Ajarova, executive director, Chimpanzee Sanctuary & Wildlife Conservation Trust, Entebbe (Uganda)
• Claudine Andre, Mme President les Amis des Bonobos du Congo (ABC) & director of sanctuary Lola Ya Bonobo, Kinshasa (Dem. Republic of Congo)
• Mimi Arandjelovic, primatologist (PhD Student), Leipzig (Germany)
• Christos Astaras, PhD Student, Conservation Biology/Primatology, Goettingen University (Germany)
• Jean Baulu, director Barbados Primate Research Center, St. Peter (Barbados, West Indies)
• Jean-Claude Bene, primatologist, Université d'Abobo-Adjamé, Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire)
• Hannah Benger, zoo keeper, London Zoo, London (United Kingdom)
• Richard A. Bergl, curator of Conservation and Research, North Carolina Zoological Park, Asheboro (USA)
• Carol Berman, professor of anthropology, New York (USA)
• Paco Bertolani, PhD Student, University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
• Sarah M. Bexell, PhD, director of Conservation Education Chengdu (China)
• Elizabeth Boakes, biologist, Institute of Zoology, London (United Kingdom)
• Jean-Christophe Bokika, president ONG Mbou-Mon-Tour, Kinshasa (Dem. Republic of Congo)
• Sarah T. Boysen, professor of psychology, Ohio State University, Columbus (USA)
• Redouan Bshary, professor of eco-ethology, University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland)
• Richard Byrne, professor of psychology,University of St Andrews (United Kingdom)
• Savrina Carrizo, biologist, University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
• Catarina Casanova, university lecturer, Technical University of Lisbon (Portugal)
• Susan Cheyne, director Sabangau Gibbon Project and University of Oxford, (United Kingdom)
• Leif Cocks, Conservation biologist, President Australian Orangutan Project, Perth (Australia)
• Montserrat Colell, primatologist, faculty of Psychology, University of Barcelona (Spain)
• Raffaella Commitante , lecturer (anthropology) California State University, Fullerton (USA)
• Doug Cress, executive director, Pan African Sanctuary Alliance, Portland (USA)
• Robin Huw Crompton, professor of anatomy, University of Liverpool (United Kingdom)
• Isra, Deblauwe, primatologist, Centre for Research and Conservation, Antwerp (Belgium)
• Yvette Deloison, anthropologist, Paris (France)
• Massimiliano DelPero, senior researcher in genetics, Università di Torino (Italy).
• Tobias Deschner, biologist MPI EVAN, Leipzig (Germany)
• Frans de Waal, professor of primatology and author, Emory University, Atlanta (USA)
• Mario S. Di Bitetti, scientific researcher, Puerto Iguazú, Misiones (Argentina)
• Edward Dickinson , ornithologist, Eastbourne (United Kingdom)
• Lukas Dieter, Post-Doc Researcher, Cambridge (United Kingdom)
• Wolfgang Dittus, primatologist, chairman Conservation of Primate Diversity, Polonnaruwa (Sri Lanka)
• Jackie Dodworth, education officer, ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, Bedfordshire (United Kingdom)
• Diane M. Doran-Sheehy, professor of anthropology, Stony Brook NY (USA)
• Annika M. Felton, Post-doctoral Fellow, Fenner School, The Australian National University (Australia)
• Amanda Fernie, PhD Student – Welfare and behaviour of great apes, The University of Queensland (Australia)
• Renaud Fulconis, director ONG Awely, Orléans (France)
• Sylvain Gatti, primatologist, West African Primates Conservation Action, Accra (Ghana)
• Christine Giancarlo, instructor of anthropology, Mount Royal College, Calgary (Canada)
• Andrea Gibson, PhD Student at Anthropology Institute and Museum, University Zurich (Switzerland)
• Jean-Pascal Guéry, vice-president, association Paniscus, Romagne (France)
• François Hainard, professor of sociology, University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland)
• Benjamin Harvey, explainer, Zoological Society of London (United Kingdom)
• Barbara Hauser, primatologist, Leipzig (Germany)
• Daniela Hedwig, primatologist (PhD Student), Leipzig (Germany)
• Ilka Herbinger, biologist, Wild Chimpanzee Foundation, Abidjan (Cote d'Ivoire)
• Gottfried Hohmann, primatologist, Max-Planck-Inst. For Evol. Anthropology, Leipzig (Germany)
• Jean-Jacques Hublin, professor of anthropology, Max Planck Institute, Leipzig(Germany)
• Michael Alan Huffman, associate professor, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Inuyama City, Aichi (Japan)
• Joy Jolly, volunteer co-ordinator, Zoological Society of London (United Kingdom)
• Glenn E. King, professor of anthropology, Monmouth University, West Long Branch (USA)
• Jean-Michel Krief, photographer, Paris (France)
• Sabrina Krief, museum lecturer MNHN, Paris (France)
• Hans Kummer, primatologist, University of Zurich (Switzerland)
• Marc Languy , WWF Albertine Rift Ecoregion Coordinator, Nairobi (Kenya)
• David Lank, professor of Entrepreneurship, McGill University, Montreal (Canada)
• Tracey Lee, team leader, Mammals South, Zoological Society of London (United Kingdom)
• Ditte Dahl Lisbjerg, primatologist, president of the Danish Zoological Society, Copenhagen (Denmark)
• William C. McGrew, university lecturer, Cambridge (United Kingdom)
• Tetsuro Matsusawa, professor of primatology, Kyoto University (Japan)
• Laure Maud, photographer, Paris (France)
• Helen Meredith, amphibians coordinator, Zoological Society of London (United Kingdom)
• Bonnie Metherell, (PhD student) Large Animal Research Group (LARG), University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
• John Mitani, professor of anthropology,University of Michigan (USA)
• Jim Moore, anthropologist, La Jolla CA (USA)
• Dominique Morel, Mme President Friends of Bonobos, New Delhi (India)
• Laura Muniz, PhD student, Leipzig (Germany)
• Antoine N’guessan, Président de l'ONG Actions pour la Conservation de la Biodiversité en Côte d'ivoire (Côte diIvoire)
• Tenguel Sosthène N’guessan, sociologist, University of Cocody Abidjan/ Swiss Centre for Scientific Research (Cote d’Ivoire)
• Olivier Pagan, veterinary and director, Zoo of Basel (Switzerland)
• Paulo Passos, biologist, Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
• Ing-Marie Persson, curator of primates, AB Furuviksparken-Zoo, Gävle (Sweden)
• Ute Radespiel, senior lecturer, Hanover (Germany)
• Nichola Raihani, biologist, University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
• Ian M. Redmond, biologist, Chief Consultant, GRASP, the UN Great Apes Survival Project, Stroud (United Kingdom)
• Vernon Reynolds, anthropologist, Alfriston, (United Kingdom)
• Janna Rist, biologist, Institute of Zoology, London (United Kingdom)
• Esteban Rivas, primatologist, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
• Cyril Ruoso, photographer, Paris (France)
• Jennifer Sargent, Librarian, Edmonton (Canada)
• Rosemeire Scopinho, professor of social psychology, University of São Carlos (Brazil)
• Stuart Sharp, postdoctoral research associate, University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
• Cláudia Sousa, anthropologist, Nova de Lisboa University (Portugal)
• Nicole Stäuble Tercier, biologist, Montreux (Switzerland)
• Emma Stokes, conservation scientist, Wildlife Conservation Society – Asia program (Cambodia)
• Adrian Taylor, graphics co-ordinator, ZSL London Zoo, London (United Kingdom)
• Rogério Teixeira da Cunha, free-lancer, Mairiporã (Brazil)
• Sandra Tranquilli, primatologist (PhD student), Leipzig (Germany)
• Erika van de Waal, primatologist, University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland)
• Jan Vermeer, zoological director La Vallée des Singes, Romagne (France)
• Carly Waterman, conservationist, London (United Kingdom)
• Iris Weiche, primatologist and lecturer, University of Tuebingen (Germany)
• Richard Wrangham, professor of anthropology, Harvard University, Cambridge (USA)
• Didie Zadou, anthropologist, Université d Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire)
• Klaus Zuberbühler, primatologist, University of St Andrews (United Kingdom)