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World's great apes face disaster, says Leakey Hunting, disease, logging and demand for biofuels cited among prime threats

31 May 2007

World's great apes face disaster, says Leakey Hunting, disease, logging and demand for biofuels cited among prime threats David Adam, environment correspondent Thursday May 31,… Read more...

Great apes are facing an "inevitable crisis" arising from climate change, a leading conservationist has warned.

31 May 2007

Great apes are facing an "inevitable crisis" arising from climate change, a leading conservationist has warned. Dr Richard Leakey said that growing pressure to switch… Read more...

Forests and climate change

14 May 2007

Deforestation: The hidden cause of global warmingIn the next 24 hours, deforestation will release as much CO2 into the atmosphere as 8 million people flying… Read more...

Tropical forests are the elephant in the living room of climate change

14 May 2007

Deforestation: The hidden cause of global warming In the next 24 hours, deforestation will release as much CO2 into the atmosphere as 8 million people… Read more...

Apes may lead to origin of language

30 April 2007

Apes may lead to origin of language: researchers By Will Dunham Mon Apr 30, 9:18 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A male chimpanzee may beg… Read more...

Ape Allies pay tribute to Jim Cronin

21 April 2007

Dynamic and dedicated By Juliette Astrup MONKEYING AROUND: Jim and wife Alison during a break from filming popular TV show Monkey BusinessTHE death of Monkey… Read more...

Orang-utan extinction threat shortens

17 April 2007

Williams N. (2007). Orang-utan extinction threat shortens. Current Biology 17(8):R261 www.current-biology.com Read more...

Assessing the failure of a community-based human-wildlife conflict mitigation project in Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda

9 April 2007

A. D. Webber, C. M. Hill and V. Reynolds (2007). Assessing the failure of a community-based human-wildlife conflict mitigation project in Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda.… Read more...