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The Neglected Ape

The Neglected Ape

Author: Biruté M.F. Galdikas

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

ISBN: 9781489910912

Category: Science

Page: 300

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The orangutan is the most highly endangered species of great ape. Orangutans are threatened by deforestation, poaching, the illegal pet trade, and the isolation and fragmen tation of dwindling wild populations. Their conservation is impeded by certain aspects of their ecology (e. g. , a rain forest habitat) and certain features of their life history (e. g. , an eight-to twelve-year interbirth interval). Added to the U. S. Endangered Species List in 1970, the orangutan is now clearly on the road to extinction. The number of wild orangutans in Borneo and Sumatra is currently estimated to have decreased to between 12,300 and 20,571 individuals. Only 2% of original orangutan habitat is protected and some of these areas are now being destroyed. Clearly, attention to ecology, demography, censusing, rehabilitation, and conservation is essential if the orangutan is to survive in the wild beyond the next century. The protection of orangutans is a complex, multifaceted problem, involving such pressing issues as human poverty, overpopulation, and the economic development of Southeast Asia. Although the orangutan has been placed in Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), more orangutans were sold illegally in Taiwan between 1990 and 1993 than are housed in all the world's zoos. In the past, scientific and public attention has centered on the African apes. For this reason, the sole Asian great ape, the orangutan, has been called the "neglected ape.
The Neglected Ape
Language: en
Pages: 300

The Neglected Ape

Authors: Biruté M.F. Galdikas, R.D. Nadler, N. Rosen, Lori K. Sheeran
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-11-11 - Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

The orangutan is the most highly endangered species of great ape. Orangutans are threatened by deforestation, poaching, the illegal pet trade, and the isolation and fragmen tation of dwindling wild populations. Their conservation is impeded by certain aspects of their ecology (e. g. , a rain forest habitat) and certain
The Neglected Ape
Language: en
Pages: 320

The Neglected Ape

Authors: Biruté M.F. Galdikas, R.D. Nadler, N. Rosen, Lori K. Sheeran
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996-02-29 - Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

The orangutan is the most highly endangered species of great ape. Orangutans are threatened by deforestation, poaching, the illegal pet trade, and the isolation and fragmen tation of dwindling wild populations. Their conservation is impeded by certain aspects of their ecology (e. g. , a rain forest habitat) and certain
The Environmental Communication Yearbook
Language: en
Pages: 298

The Environmental Communication Yearbook

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Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-04-08 - Publisher: Routledge

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Our vanishing relative
Language: en
Pages: 480

Our vanishing relative

Authors: Rijksen
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-12-01 - Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

The orang-utan is a superb representative of a major sector of the structure of biological diversity in Sumatra and Borneo. Conservation of the living conditions of the orang-utan implies maintaining the integrity of the entire natural ecosystem of indigenous plant and animal species known as the West Malesian rainforest, i.e.
Comparative Psychology
Language: en
Pages: 930

Comparative Psychology

Authors: Gary Greenberg, Maury M. Haraway
Categories: Education
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998-09-01 - Publisher: Routledge

Are bird songs learned or genetically programmed? How do animals attract the opposite sex? How does play affect development? How do wolves signal surrender? Which animals have been observed using tools? Do squirrels ever forget food caches? How do bees differentiate between hives? Can some animals count? Examines the state

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