Lecture on Bonobos at National Zoo by Primatologist Jef Dupain

Lecture on Bonobo Behavior and Conservation (Washington DC, USA)

The Democratic Republic of Congo is also the only place in the world where one finds the critically endangered bonobo, one of humankind's closest living relatives.

As the African Wildlife Foundation's Congo Heartland Director, Belgian primatologist Jef Dupain has worked in the DRC's most remote and politically unstable regions creating a nationally recognized and protected reserve to ensure the future of the last remaining bonobos.

On June 19, 2007 Jef spoke at the National Zoo in Washington, DC about the unique behavioral character of bonobos, and AWF's efforts to conserve them in their threatened forested home.

This lecture was recorded for a live webcast. You can watch the presentation on the National Zoo website: http://nationalzoo.si.edu/ActivitiesAndEvents/Lectures/Archive/20070619/video.cfm