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(519) articlesCameroon seeks alternatives to bushmeat
21 August 2008
Elisabeth Benkam, Voices of Africa reporter in Yaounde, Cameroon To fight poaching, the Cameroonian ministry of animal husbandry and fishing launched in 2002 a grasscutter breeding…
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Ban on hunting takes effect
5 August 2008
Ban on hunting takes effectGabriel Amoah , 05/08/2008 Statistics available to The Statesman in Kumasi from the Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission reveals that…
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Parker L, Nijman V, Nekaris KAI. 2008. When there is no forest left: fragmentation, local extinction, and small population sizes in the Sri Lankan western…
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Travis, D., Lonsdorf, E., Mlengeya, T., Raphael, J., (2008). A science-based approach to managing disease risks of ape conservation. American Journal of Primatology, 70 (8):…
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A group of orangutans who appeared in Hollywood films, television commercials and magazine advertisements is being relocated to Great Ape Trust of Iowa – a…
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Erik Meijaard & Douglas Sheil. 2008. Cuddly animals don't persuade poor people to back conservation. Nature 454, 159 (10 July 2008)
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Distribution and conservation status of the orang-utan (Pongo spp.) on Borneo and Sumatra: how many remain?
10 July 2008
Wich et al. 2008. Distribution and conservation status of the orang-utan (Pongo spp.) on Borneo and Sumatra: how many remain? Oryx 42:329-339 Cambridge University Press…
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Lian Pin Koh & David S. Wilcove. 2008. Is oil palm agriculture really destroying tropical biodiversity? Conservation Letters 1:60-64. 4 Jul 2008
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