The Dja Faunal Reserve (5260 km2) is biodiverse and is recognised as an important priority landscape for great ape conservation. Chimpanzee, gorilla and forest elephant populations, however, have been declining rapidly over recent years and decades, mainly due to poaching and habitat degradation. It is estimated that only about 2,300 chimpanzees remain in this landscape, as few as <1,300 gorillas, and only 219 elephants.  Threats to their survival are grave; their habitat is logged and mined for its natural resource, their vital forest eco-system is overused, degraded, and suffering from the effects of climate change. They are shot and snared for bush meat or poached for the illegal wildlife trade. Families torn apart, leaving orphans alone, confused, and dangerously vulnerable.