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A selection of photos from the Mahale and FZS's work in and around the national park. These photos may be used by media only in context of the Frankfurt Zoological Society’s work in the area. Please give the copyright information given in the captions.
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Mahale NP inhabits ten species of primates. The chimpanzees are of course the main attraction.Mahale National Park, Tanzania. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
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Mahale NP inhabits ten species of primates. The chimpanzees are of course the main attraction.Mahale National Park, Tanzania. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS

  • The Mahale landscape; water, rainforest and high mountains. Mahale National Park, Tanzania. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • The rainsforest in Mahale National Park, Tanzania. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • Lake meets rainforest in Mahale National Park, Tanzania. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • A male chimpanzee in Mahale National Park, Tanzania. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • Mahale NP inhabits ten species of primates. The chimpanzees are of course the main attraction. This is a young female. Mahale National Park, Tanzania. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • Mahale NP inhabits ten species of primates. The chimpanzees are of course the main attraction.Mahale National Park, Tanzania. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • Cichlids are extremely diverse in Lake Tanganyika and species have specialized into many different niches, much like the Darwin Finches of Galapagos. Mahale NP extends 1.6 kilometers into the lake. Mahale National Park, Tanzania. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • The Mahale NP extents 1,6 kilometers out in Lake Tanganyika. But illegal fishing is common and extensive in the south and north areas of the park. Mahale National Park, Tanzania. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • Illegal fishing nets confiscated by the FZS partner organization BMU in Katumbi, just north of Mahle NP. Nets with too small holes catching too small fish are confiscated as they do not allow for sustainable fishing. Also nets made from non biodegradable materials are being confiscated. Near Mahale National Park, Tanzania. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • A village, Kalilani, inside of Mahale Mountains National Park. People are fishing inside the protected area. Here the fishing nets are being dried on the ground of the village. In the background the deforestation is very obvious comparing to other parts of Mahale National Park, Tanzania. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • A Cocoba (Community Conservation Bank) meeting. Cocoba is a micro banking project where members of local communities can invest in the bank and loan money from it for business needs. The business must be approved as ecologically friendly and non-damaging to the Serengeti ecosystem. In a village near Mahale, Tanzania. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • A Cocoba (Community Conservation Bank) meeting. Cocoba is a micro banking project where members of local communities can invest in the bank and loan money from it for business needs. The business must be approved as ecologically friendly and non-damaging to the Serengeti ecosystem. In a village near Mahale, Tanzania. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • A forest patrol of volunteers protecting valuable forests near Mahale National Park, Tanzania. @ Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • A forest patrol of volunteers protecting valuable forests near Mahale National Park, Tanzania. @ Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • Magnus Mosha (Project leader Mahale) at the ARO office, Arusha, Tanzania. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • Magnus Mosha, Project leader -Mahale Mountains National Park. Frankfurt, Germany. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • Mahale project leader Magnus Mosha talking about the Greater Mahale system. About 3,000 of the ca 4,000 chimpanzees in the area today actually exists outside of protected areas. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
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