Apes Seizure Database

Design of the Apes Seizure Database, a new tool that will help tackle the illegal trade of great apes by becoming the home for records of great apes seized around the world.

The illegal trafficking of great apes – chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and bonobos – has often gone undetected or unreported for over a decade, and is a sustained threat to the survival of these species.

For the first time global records will be consolidated into one central, secure and up-to-date database of standardized records, with new reports able to be added quickly and easily directly into the system as soon as they happen.

The system is a fully responsive, allowing providers to upload records direct from the field via smart phones, and caters for users with poor and unstable internet connections.