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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
Great Apes and Humans
Language: en
Pages: 388

Great Apes and Humans

Authors: Benjamin B. Beck, Tara S. Stoinski, Michael Hutchins, Terry L. Maple, Bryan Norton
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-05-27 - Publisher: Smithsonian Institution

The great apes -- gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos, and orangutans -- are known to be our closest living relatives. Chimpanzees in particular share 98 percent of our DNA, and scientists widely agree that they exhibit intellectual abilities long thought to be unique to humans, such as self-awareness and the ability to
The Environmental Communication Yearbook
Language: en
Pages: 304

The Environmental Communication Yearbook

Authors: Stephen P. Depoe
Categories: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-04-08 - Publisher: Routledge

First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Gibbons
Language: en
Pages: 526

The Gibbons

Authors: Susan Lappan, Danielle Whittaker
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-06-02 - Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

It is a great honor to be asked to introduce this exciting new volume, having been heavily involved in the first comprehensive synthesis in the early 1980s. Gibbons are the most enthralling of primates. On the one hand, they are the most appealing animals, with their upright posture and body
An Ape Ethic and the Question of Personhood
Language: en
Pages: 250

An Ape Ethic and the Question of Personhood

Authors: Gregory F Tague
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-04-15 - Publisher:

Gregory F. Tague's An Ape Ethic and the Question of Personhood argues that great apes are moral individuals because they engage in a land ethic as ecosystem engineers to generate ecologically sustainable biomes for themselves and other species. Tague shows that we need to recognize apes as eco-engineers in order

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