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Related: About this forum25 primate species reported on brink of extinction
12:42PM EDT October 15. 2012 -
NEW DELHI (AP) Twenty-five species of monkeys, langurs, lemurs and gorillas are on the brink of extinction and need global action to protect them from increasing deforestation and illegal trafficking, researchers said Monday.
Six of the severely threatened species live in the island nation of Madagascar, off southeast Africa. Five more from mainland Africa, five from South America and nine species in Asia are among those listed as most threatened.
The report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature was released at the United Nations' Convention on Biological Diversity being held in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad ...
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2012/10/15/monkeys-extinction/1634427/
CrispyQ
(36,470 posts)AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)Snip from the article:
Land for humans, food for humans, entertainment for humans, everything for humans. We offer no consideration for other species. The planet & all it holds is just for us & fuck all other living things.
"Id like to share a revelation that I've had, during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species and I realized that you aren't actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with its surrounding environment, but you humans do not. You move to an area and you multiply, and multiply until every natural resource is consumed. The only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You are a plague, and we... are the cure."
~Agent Smith
How do we pull our collective head out of our collective ass & save us from ourselves?
OKIsItJustMe
(19,938 posts)Compare the USA Today story to the release:
http://www.iucn.org/?11259/Primates-in-peril--conservationists-reveal-the-worlds-25-most-endangered-primates
15 October 2012 | International news release
[font size=4]Hyderabad, India - The worlds 25 most endangered primates have been revealed in a new report released today at the UNs Convention on Biological Diversity COP11. Primates in Peril: The Worlds 25 Most Endangered Primates, 20122014 has been compiled by the Primate Specialist Group of IUCNs Species Survival Commission (SSC) and the International Primatological Society (IPS), in collaboration with Conservation International (CI) and the Bristol Conservation and Science Foundation (BCSF).[/font]
[font size=3]Mankinds closest living relatives the worlds apes, monkeys, lemurs and other primates are on the brink of extinction and in need of urgent conservation measures. The report, announced by some of the worlds leading primate experts every two years, reveals those species most in danger of becoming extinct from destruction of tropical forests, illegal wildlife trade and commercial bush meat hunting.
The list features nine primate species from Asia, six from Madagascar, five from Africa and five from the Neotropics. In terms of individual countries, Madagascar tops the list with six of the 25 most endangered species. Vietnam has five, Indonesia three, Brazil two, and China, Colombia, Côte dIvoire, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Kenya, Peru, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Venezuela each have one.
With this report, conservationists want to highlight the plight of species such as the Pygmy Tarsier (Tarsius pumilus) of southern and central Sulawesi, which was only known from three museum specimens until 2008, when three individuals were captured inside the Lore Lindu National Park and one more was observed in the wild. The few remaining fragmented and isolated populations of this species are threatened by human encroachment and armed conflict.
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GliderGuider
(21,088 posts)Wait, what?
ellisonz
(27,711 posts)OKIsItJustMe
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