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Primate Conservation
In The News
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- Ha Giang zones off land to preserve rare primate (VOV News, Vietnam; October 29, 2009)
- Climate change 'will put endangered monkeys at further risk' (Times Online; October 28, 2009)
- Global warming cycles threaten endangered primate species (EurekAlert; October 27, 2009)
- Scientists provide a lifeline for Madagascar's "panda" (Conservation International; October 6, 2009)
- Extended habitat for the greater bamboo lemur: NGOs (Associated Press; October 5, 2009)
- UN experts advance plans for West African biodiversity corridor (ISRIA; October 2, 2009)
- Lemurs are ambassadors (Herald Tribune; September 28, 2009)
- Fresh hope for endangered primates (Independent; September 24, 2009)
- 46 rescued orangutans returned to the wild by helicopter in Borneo (Mongabay; September 5, 2009)
- Jane Goodall Sees 'Hope For Animals' (NPR; September 13, 2009; Audio)
- Scientists: Aggressive Poaching Could Wipe Out Gorilla Population in Areas of Congo (Fox News; September 17, 2009)
- Uganda offers Facebook scheme to 'befriend' gorillas (AFP; August 31, 2009)
- Cameroon: Illegal Chimpanzees Traffickers Arrested (Cameroon Tribune; August 27, 2009)
- Rare species face extinction in Vietnam (UPI; August 14, 2009)
- Rehabilitation not enough to solve orangutan crisis in Indonesia (Mongabay; August 20, 2009)
- Hoolock gibbon conservation programme (Assam Tribune; August 2, 2009)
- Orang-utans under threat as BHP Billiton withdraws from Borneo (Telegraph; July 27, 2009)
- Devastating death of a silverback at Mount Tshiaberimu (The Gorilla Organization; July 15, 2009)
- The Impact of Congo Violence on Lowland Gorillas (Scientific American; July 23, 2009)
- Adorable but Endangered: Lemurs Face Possible Extinction (ABC News; July 21, 2009)
- Wildfires threaten endangered gorilla habitat in central Africa (Telegraph; July 20, 2009)
- Animals of the Disappearing Mangroves (Scientific American; July 3, 2009)
- Bonobos going wild (Charlotte Observer; July 6, 2009)
- Gorilla medicine (Baltimore Sun; July 5, 2009)
- Monkey World's gibbon could be released into wild (Bournemouth Daily Echo; July 4, 2009)
- Malaysia rescues smuggled baby orangutans: report (AFP; June 30, 2009)
- Conservationists Lobby for Gorilla Protection (New Times, Rwanda; June 18, 2009)
- Reintroducing Bonobo Apes Into The Wild: Researchers To Monitor Progress (ScienceDaily; June 15, 2009)
- Governments at UN-backed forum issue appeal to save gorillas (UN News Centre; June 11, 2009)
- Range extended for world's most mysterious gorilla (Mongabay; June 11, 2009)
- Monkey business hard to sustain in slump, Goodall says (Reuters; June 8, 2009)
- Gorilla warfare in the Congo jungle (Telegraph; May 27, 2009)
- New rainforest reserve in Congo benefits bonobos and locals (Mongabay; May 25, 2009)
- Indonesian Orangutan habitat wiped out: activists (AFP; May 18, 2009)
- Saving the Last Cross River Gorillas (PR Newswire; May 1, 2009)
- Sir David Attenborough calls for more protection for orang-utans (Telegraph; May 1, 2009)
- Chimpanzee population plummets 90 percent in supposedly strong region (Mongabay; May 6, 2009)
- In the Jungle With the Gorilla Whisperer (ABC News; May 4, 2009)
- The last mountain gorillas, and their protectors (Christian Science Monitor; May 4, 2009)
- 'I live with killer baboons' (The Sun; April 21, 2009)
- Monkey business (Northern Echo; April 21, 2009)
- New orangutan population found in Indonesia (Associated Press; April 12, 2009)
- Lemur Forests Pillaged by "Gangs" as Madagascar Reels (National Geographic News; March 24, 2009)
- Rare dolphin and orangutan species found deep in the jungles of Bangladesh and Borneo (Scientific American; April 1, 2009)
- Quang Binh: Largest group of Siki gibbon discovered (VietNamNet; March 24, 2009)
- Willie Smits builds rainforests to save orangutans (Ode Magazine; March 9, 2009)
- YouTube videos may be imperiling cuddly primate (Mongabay; February 24, 2009)
- Foreigner honored for his forestry and wildlife protection efforts (Voice of the Armed Forces and People, Vietnam; February 22, 2009)
- New book expands field data available on orangutans (EurekAlert; February 23, 2009)
- Nepali wildlife body objects export of monkeys to U.S. (China View; February 17, 2009)
- Number of Yunnan golden monkeys increases thanks to protection (China View; February 9, 2009)
- Rainforests, orangutans get focus in Aspen (Aspen Times; February 5, 2009)
- Congo park reports 10 gorillas born in 16 months (Associated Press; January 26, 2009)
- Sierra Leone launches first chimp census (AFP; January 26, 2009)
- DNA tests suggest mountain gorilla population 'shrunk' (Telegraph, UK; January 21, 2009)
- Gorillas In Their Midst (The American; December 31, 2008)
- Africa's Oldest Chimp, a Conservation Icon, Dies (Discovery News; December 23, 2008)
- Gorilla states in poaching pledge (BBC News; December 5, 2008)
- New Population Of Extremely Rare Snub-Nosed Monkey Discovered (ScienceDaily; December 4, 2008)
- Rare gorilla twins born in Uganda (AFP; December 3, 2008)
- Congo's war - baby gorillas bring hope for endangered species (AFP; November 30, 2008)
- UN officials launch "Year of the Gorilla" (Associated Press; December 1, 2008)
- Park rangers returning to gorilla refuge (CNN; November 21, 2008)
- Congo Violence Reaches Endangered Mountain Gorillas (New York Times; November 17, 2008)
- Tiny, long-lost primate rediscovered in Indonesia (Reuters; November 18, 2008)
- Guerillas threaten gorillas in Africa's oldest national park (AFP; November 16, 2008)
- Jane Goodall branches out (Los Angeles Times; November 1, 2008)
- In A Last 'Stronghold' For Endangered Chimpanzees, Survey Finds Drastic Decline (ScienceDaily; October 15, 2008)
- Thousands flee fighting as Congo rebels seize gorilla park (CNN; October 26, 2008)
- African chimps decline 'alarming' (BBC News; October 17, 2008)
- West African chimps in alarming decline (UPI; October 15, 2008)
- Illegal trade in endangered primates rampant in Indonesia: NGO (AFP; October 15, 2008)
- Jungle Rescue: Saving the Orangutans (Reader's Digest; October 13, 2008)
- 25% of Wild Mammal Species Face Extinction (Washington Post; October 7, 2008)
- An interview with ringtailed lemur expert Alison Jolly (Mongabay; October 6, 2008)
- Climate focus 'good news for species' (BBC News; October 7, 2008)
- Businessman's plan to save gibbon (BBC News; October 3, 2008)
- Zoo's Care of Rare Monkeys Breeds Success (RedOrbit; September 30, 2008)
- Saving the Wildlife of Madagascar (Time; September 25, 2008)
- Primate conservation may enhance food availability to humans (Mongabay; September 15, 2008)
- Endangered monkey population doubles in three decades in SW China (China View; September 6, 2008)
- Unexpected Large Monkey Population Discovered (ScienceDaily; August 28, 2008)
- Diary: Protecting mountain gorillas (BBC News; August 26, 2008)
- Second Rare Aye-Aye Born at Duke Lemur Center (Duke University Office of News and Communications; August 26, 2008)
- Belgian Named New Warden of Troubled Gorilla Park (National Geographic News; August 7, 2008)
- United States to Support Mountain Gorilla Conservation (Kigali New Times; July 15, 2008)
- Captive-reared gibbon now finds forest mate (The Hindu; August 6, 2008)
- Driving primates to the edge (BBC News; August 5, 2008)
- More than 100,000 rare gorillas found in Congo (CNN; August 5, 2008)
- Nearly half world's primates face extinction (CNN; August 5, 2008)
- Newfound Monkey Species "Rarest in Africa," Expert Says (National Geographic News; August 4, 2008)
- Gorillas hand-reared in Kent returned to wild in Africa (Telegraph; July 28, 2008)
- Newfound Monkey About to Be Lost Forever (Fox News; July 30, 2008)
- New Rare Lemur Group Found in Swamp (National Geographic News; July 22, 2008)
- Fatal Attack on Conservationists' Truck in Gorilla Park (National Geographic News; July 11, 2008)
- Survey doubles the number of world’s rarest ape (Wildlife Extra; July 8, 2008)
- Cameroon: Towards a new park in West (Africa News; July 7, 2008)
- Study finds Indonesian orangutan populations declining sharply (Associated Press; July 5, 2008)
- "Gorilla Guy" raises $30,000 for primates (Seattle Times; June 24, 2008)
- Brent Stirton, Chronicling the Virunga Gorilla Murders (NPR; June 24, 2008)
- Inside the Gorilla Wars: Rangers on Risking It All (National Geographic News; June 16, 2008)
- Lemurs are key to health of Madagascar's rainforests (Mongabay; June 12, 2008)
- National Geographic Channel Presents Exclusive Coverage of the Gorilla Massacre in Virunga National Park That Horrified the World (Digital Producer Magazine; July 1, 2008)
- Green monkey smugglers caught red-handed (Reuters Africa; June 2, 2008)
- Goodall, Green Mountain Coffee, go to aid of Gombe chimps (Boston Herald; May 9, 2008)
- World's rarest gorilla gets its own forest reserve (Mongabay; April 18, 2008)
- World's Rarest Gorillas Gain New Refuge (National Geographic News; April 22, 2008)
- Saving Country's Endangered Apes From Extinction (Kampala Monitor; April 23, 2008)
- Ebola Virus Threatens Gorilla With Extinction (Fox News; April 17, 2008)
- Kenya's rare monkey species threatened with extinction (Daily Nation; April 11, 2008)
- Massive Study of Madagascar Wildlife Released (Newswise; April 9, 2008)
- Proboscis monkeys also found in Pulau Gaya (Daily Express, Malaysia; April 2, 2008)
- Scientists work to save endangered chimps (UPI; March 24, 2008)
- Congo gorilla murder charges (Melbourne Herald Sun; March 21, 2008)
- Rwanda Conservation Effort To Link Isolated Chimps To Distant Forest (ScienceDaily; March 20, 2008)
- Chimps in hats are endangered too (New Scientist; March 13, 2008)
- Scientists fight to save the last Java gibbons (CNN; March 17, 2008)
- Gorilla rangers execution threat (BBC News; March 7, 2008)
- Sigourney Weaver returns to scene of Gorillas in the Mist (Melbourne Herald Sun; March 5, 2008)
- Great Ape Trust signs first international Agreement (Great Ape Trust of Iowa; February 6, 2008)
- Three countries in pact to save mountain gorillas (Guardian Unlimited; February 21, 2008)
- Gambia: on the trail of the green monkey (Telegraph; February 9, 2008)
- Royal award for work on endangered monkeys (Telegraph; February 6, 2008)
- 300 Monkeys Illegally Exported to Russia (New Vision, Uganda; February 3, 2008)
- Survey: World's rarest ape numbers doubled (Telegraph; February 1, 2008)
- Brazil investigates environmental, evangelical groups for conduct in Amazon (Associated Press; January 30, 2008)
- Don't call them ugly: The not-so-cute critters that are facing extinction (The Independent; January 31, 2008)
- Villagers Resist Environmentalists Around Guinea's Mount Nimba (Voice of America; January 30, 2008)
- The world of mountain gorillas (BBC News; January 25, 2008)
- Congo gorillas in the midst of a war zone (San Francisco Chronicle; January 20, 2008)
- New monkey species is already endangered (New Scientist; January 19, 2008)
- 'Formulate nat'l policy to conserve hoolock gibbon' (The Daily Star, Bangladesh; January 12, 2008)
- Rangers and gorillas of Congo sanctuary are thrust onto front lines of war (Associated Press; January 13, 2008)
- Endangered Gibbons Get a Helping Hand in the New Year (PR Newswire; January 11, 2008)
- Endangered monkeys grow in number (China Internet Information Center; January 7, 2008)
- Hardly monkeying around (Greater Milwaukee Today; January 3, 2008)
- Railways to put gibbons back on track (The Telegraph, Calcutta, India; January 4, 2008)
- A Very Real Threat (Washington Post; January 3, 2008)
- Indonesia plants trees to save orangutans (Telegraph; December 28, 2007)
- Large population of rare monkeys spotted in Kon Tum (Thanh Nien News; December 25, 2007)
- Endangered gibbon population increases (Nhan Dan; December 22, 2007)
- Gays Mills man part of group working to protect rare monkeys in India (La Crosse Tribune; December 24, 2007)
- Rwanda introduces 'gorilla tax' (AFP; December 24, 2007)
- Anderson Cooper: Gorillas in midst of murder (CNN; December 14, 2007)
- Indonesia: Orangutan Plan To Curb Carbon Emissions (Scoop, New Zealand; December 17, 2007)
- Congo gorillas threatened by heavy fighting (Telegraph; December 4, 2007)
- The Monkey Place - saving endangered drills in Nigeria (AFP; December 4, 2007)
- Hidden colony of orang-utans is discovered in the forests of Borneo (Independent Online; December 3, 2007)
- Gorillas Prepare to Fly to Cameroon (Associated Press; November 29, 2007)
- Climate change deals another blow to orangutans (Reuters; November 28, 2007)
- Diary: Protecting mountain gorillas (BBC News; November 26, 2007)
- Massive New Rainforest Reserve Established in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Yubanet; November 16, 2007)
- Workers to help save rare monkeys (Boston Globe; November 11, 2007)
- Surviving Pioneer Lemurs Celebrate A Decade In The Rain Forest (ScienceDaily; November 7, 2007)
- Centre releases orphaned monkeys into forest (The Tide, Nigeria; November 7, 2007)
- Saving Monkeys from Extinction (Time Magazine; November 6, 2007)
- By saving gorillas, can Congolese save themselves? (Reuters; November 5, 2007)
- Rare Bearded Monkeys Discovered in Kenya (National Geographic News; November 5, 2007)
- Hopes raised for Kenyan monkeys (In the News, UK; October 30, 2007)
- West and Central African Primates Imperiled by Hunting, Habitat Loss (Voice of America; October 29, 2007)
- Photo Gallery: 25 Most Endangered Primates Named (National Geographic News; October 26, 2007)
- Primates in Peril (Conservation International; October 25, 2007)
- The edge of oblivion: conservationists name 25 primates about to disappear (Guardian Unlimited; October 26, 2007)
- Answers sought to save Asia's orangutans (Independent Online; October 19, 2007)
- Brookfield experts make an appeal for the apes (Chicao Daily Herald; October 19, 2007)
- Rare Gorillas at Risk as Rebels Seize Congo Park (National Geographic News; October 11, 2007)
- Mauritius: 'Exporting Monkeys for Research Helps Conservation' (Inter Press Service; October 11, 2007)
- Rebels overrun gorilla hideouts (Independent Online; October 8, 2007)
- Monkey business puts macaques in danger (Sydney Morning Herald; October 3, 2007)
- Sierra Leone steps up efforts to save chimpanzees (AFP; October 2, 2007)
- Malaysia returns four orangutans to Indonesia (AFP; September 27, 2007)
- Congo rangers break suspected gorilla traffic ring (Reuters; September 25, 2007)
- Rare black langurs found in Khanh Hoa (VietNamNet; September 23, 2007)
- Dian Fossey Fund Expands to Help Save Congo Mountain Gorillas (E-Wire; September 21, 2007)
- Endangered monkeys found in Indonesia (The Hindu; September 10, 2007)
- Sebangau National Park in need of all-inclusive management (Jakarta Post; September 11, 2007)
- Primate conservation zone opens in central Vietnam (Thanh Nien News, Vietnam; September 7, 2007)
- Endangered langurs set free in national park (Mathaba News Agency; September 6, 2007)
- Best Practice Guidelines for the Re-introduction of Great Apes (IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group)
- Congo rebels seize gorilla park (BBC News; September 4, 2007)
- Gorillas abandoned as renegade Congolese fight government in nature reserve (Daily Mail; September 4, 2007)
- Orangutans squeezed by biofuel boom (MSNBC; September 4, 2007)
- Emergency Gorilla-Protection Force Deployed in Congo (National Geographic News; August 21, 2007)
- Mountain gorilla born in DRC (Independent Online; August 22, 2007)
- Monkey export ban lifted (The Star, Malaysia; August 18, 2007)
- Remains of Fifth Rare Gorilla Discovered Following Congo Attack (Voice of America; August 20, 2007)
- Palm oil demand puts orangutans at risk (UPI; August 14, 2007)
- Congo-Kinshasa: UN Calls for DRC Gorillas to Be Protected (Tshwane BuaNews; August 2, 2007)
- Rare gorillas slaughtered in mass killing (Mongabay; July 24, 2007)
- Malaysia seizes 900 monkeys from poachers (Reuters; July 9, 2007)
- Photo in the News: Rare Monkey Troop Spotted in Wild (National Geographic News; July 3, 2007)
- Villagers Free to Live With Monkeys Again (Nairobi Nation; June 23, 2007)
- Cuddly primate trade banned (Mongabay; June 11, 2007)
- Gorillas in the fog for conservation (San Francisco Chronicle; June 11, 2007)
- Too cute for comfort (BBC News; June 7, 2007)
- Wildlife smugglers see low risk, high profit (MSNBC; June 7, 2007)
- Great apes 'facing climate peril' (BBC News; May 30, 2007)
- Vietnam central city to preserve endangered monkey (Thanh Nien Daily; May 23, 2007)
- DR Congo rebel threat to gorillas (BBC News; May 21, 2007)
- Conservation is saving lemurs and helping people in Madagascar: An interview with lemur expert Dr. Patricia Wright (Mongabay; May 7, 2007)
- Malaysia plans forest recovery to conserve orangutan (The Nation; May 8, 2007)
- Group Trying to Save Endangered Orangutans (Voice of America; April 30, 2007)
- Gorillas she missed (The Age, Australia; April 26, 2007)
- Monkeys Population Decreasing in Costa Rica (Prensa Latina; April 23, 2007)
- Mountain gorillas on the rise - WWF (Independent Online; April 20, 2007)
- Scientists list 100 most endangered mammals worldwide (Johns Hopkins News-Letter; April 19, 2007)
- Motive of the orang utan claim: Najib (Daily Express; April 17, 2007)
- Partnering for Primates (Plenty Magazine; April 17, 2007)
- US group offers orang utan aid to Sabah (Malaysia Star, Malaysia; April 15, 2007)
- The future's black for orangutans (The Times, UK; April 3, 2007)
- On Any Gibbon Day (Santa Clarita Valley Signal; April 1, 2007)
- Rare monkey found in northern peninsula (Malaysia Star; March 17, 2007)
- Web charity helps save Congo's gorillas (USA Today; March 12, 2007)
- Helping a species survive (Cleveland News-Herald; March 8, 2007)
- Ceasefire, donations helping Congo apes (ScienceDaily; March 5, 2007)
- Saving Gabon's orphan gorillas (BBC News; March 1, 2007)
- Slow Lorises Smuggler Eludes Arrest In Thailand (Playfuls.com; March 1, 2007)
- Feral beasts threaten lemurs in Madagascar: An interview with lemur expert Dr. Michelle Sauther (Mongabay; February 7, 2007)
- Rebels agree to stop gorilla killings (Independent Online; January 28, 2007)
- Q and A: 'Humans have the responsibility to protect habitats' (Times of India; January 23, 2007)
- Iowans' plan will help apes enter the wild (Des Moines Register; January 3, 2007)
- Of Chimps And Humans (Lakeland Ledger; December 28, 2006)
- The vanishing man of the forest: Orangutans (International Herald Tribune; January 7, 2007)
- Trust's donations save apes worldwide (Des Moines Register; December 15, 2006)
- Some 200 orangutans to be released into C Kalimantan forest (Antara News, Indonesia; December 13, 2006)
- Thai police arrest monkey smugglers after finding 36 dead macaques in a truck (International Herald Tribune; December 10, 2006)
- Jakarta to send 8 orangutans to rehabilitation center (Antara News, Indonesia; December 4, 2006)
- A human taste for rarity spells disaster for endangered species (EurekAlert; November 27, 2006)
- Kick-boxing orangutans get to go home (MSNBC; November 21, 2006)
- Orangutans in losing battle with slash-and-burn Indonesian farmers (San Diego Union-Tribune; November 15, 2006)
- An interview with lemur expert Charlie Welch (Mongabay; November 5, 2006)
- Gorilla conservation project takes 'one-health' approach (JAVMA News; November 15, 2006)
- Monkey business (Carte Blanche; October 29, 2006)
- Biologist works with rainforest communities to save endangered monkey (Innovations Report; October 23, 2006)
- In search of rare, high elevation monkeys in China (Mongabay; October 18, 2006)
- Indonesian Fires Threaten Orangutans and other Wildlife (Voice of America; October 17, 2006)
- First study of endangered monkey (UQ News Online, Australia; October 10, 2006)
- Netherlands helps to protect rare monkeys (VietNam Net Bridge; October 7, 2006)
- Environmentalists hope to save orangutans (Independent Online; September 26, 2006)
- Orang-utans face extinction (The Statesman; September 25, 2006)
- Two New Wildlife Parks Created in Congo (National Geographic News; September 25, 2006)
- Ugandan chimpanzees fall prey to witchcraft - report (Monsters and Critics; September 24, 2006)
- Climate Change Threatens Lemurs (Mongabay; September 18, 2006)
- Orang utan head count (The Star, Malaysia; September 19, 2006)
- Republic of Congo creates protected areas (UPI; September 18, 2006)
- Chimp's TV career may violate law (Japan Times; September 18, 2006)
- Thailand to return 48 orangutans to Indonesia (Antara News, Indonesia; September 5, 2006)
- Thailand to return smuggled orangutans to Indonesia next month (Jakarta Post; August 31, 2006)
- Baboon extinction 'would affect fynbos' (Independent Online; August 22, 2006)
- Great Ape Trust Awards $22,000 in Conservation Grants (E-Wire; August 22, 2006)
- Disease kills rare chimpanzees (IPP Media, Tanzania; August 18, 2006)
- Saving Sumatra's Wild Orangutans (NPR; August 7, 2006)
- 2050 could mean the end for gorillas (Independent Online; July 30, 2006)
- UK Government Pledges RM761,318 For Apes Conservation (Berita Wilayah; July 28, 2006)
- Greatest ape extinct within decades - UN (Independent Online; July 17, 2006)
- Expert explains dangers to chimpanzee population (ABC, Australia; July 14, 2006)
- Rare indri lemur born in forest reserve in Madagascar (Mongabay.com; July 13, 2006)
- Slender Loris gasps for survival as urban India expands (AFP; June 27, 2006)
- Exotic Animals Found in Tanzanian Mountains (LiveScience; June 23, 2006)
- How gorillas survived a war (Seattle Times; June 22, 2006)
- Rehabilitated baboons released (Citizen, South Africa; June 20, 2006)
- Gorilla numbers have increased (New Vision, Uganda; June 13, 2006)
- Bwindi gorillas get babies (New Vision, Uganda; May 31, 2006)
- Chinese scientists find 15 world-endangered gibbons (China View; May 30, 2006)
- Florida College Students Helping to Save Dian Fossey's Gorillas (eMediaWire; May 12, 2006)
- Primates swing into spotlight (Viet Nam News; May 4, 2006)
- Regional meeting set to decide fate of 54 orangutans confiscated in Thailand (Ohmy News, South Korea; April 11, 2006)
- UN hails Uganda on gorillas (New Vision, Uganda; March 21, 2006)
- Take a walk on the mild side with baboons (Independent Online, South Africa; February 27, 2006)
- Ape guru develops coffee certification scheme (Independent Online, South Africa; February 20, 2006)
- China's endangered monkeys make a comeback (Independent Online, South Africa; February 19, 2006)
- Orang-utan facing extinction (video report; BBC News; December 14, 2006)
- Orangutans (video report; National Geographic Wild Chronicles; December 5, 2005)
- Genes record orangutans' decline (BBC News; January 24, 2006)
- Scientists move monkeys to a safer habitat (El Universal; January 22, 2006)
- Researcher hears a cry for help from rare silky sifakas (Seattle Times; January 20, 2006)
- Orang-utans of Borneo on the edge (Radio Netherlands; May 10, 2005)
- Mountain Gorilla Survival Appeal (Australasian Primate Society)
- To roam free again (The Star, Malaysia; January 3, 2006)
- Primates head home on 'Orangutan special' (Independent Online, South Africa; December 18, 2005)
- Whose forest? (Newsweek; December 26, 2005)
- Malaysia hits out at palm oil 'smears' (BBC; November 30, 2005)
- Rare langur discovered in Quang Tri Province (VietNam News; November 30, 2005)
- Vietnam survey team finds rare primate (Birdlife International; November 28, 2005)
- Borneo orangutans face threat of extinction (Jakarta Post; November 22, 2005)
- Congolese man protects endangered gorillas (USA Today; November 18, 2005)
- How Cell Phones Are Killing Off Gorillas (KFMB-TV, San Diego; November 9, 2005)
- Falling from the tree (Guardian Unlimited; October 22, 2005)
- Founder of Eastern Congo Gorilla Reserve wins award (Happy News.com; October 20, 2005)
- Solutions sought for decline in orangutan population (Jakarta Post; October 18, 2005)
- Woods Hole Research Center scientist part of international initiatives to save the great apes (EurekAlert; October 11, 2005)
- New Conservation Groups Formed at World Wilderness Congress (Environment News Service; October 10, 2005)
- Shoppers 'threat to orang-utans' (BBC News; September 23, 2005)
- Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Reports Gorillas in Eastern Congo More Numerous Than Expected (PR Newswire; September 27, 2005)
- Awareness in UK on Sabah's Orang Utans (Daily Express, Easy Malaysia; September 21, 2005)
- Vietnam national park applies for further UNESCO recognition (Thanh Nien Daily, Vietnam; September 23, 2005)
- Guerrillas threaten gorillas in volatile DRC (Independent Online, South Africa; September 8, 2005)
- Apes 'extinct in a generation' (BBC News; September 1, 2005)
- Poaching, Logging Ebola Threaten Gorillas and Chimps (Newswise; August 30, 2005)
- Sumatran orangutans face extinction (Independent Online; September 1, 2005)
- Number of golden monkeys doubled (China View; August 8, 2005)
- Conservationists seek to protect apes (Associated Press; July 27, 2005)
- Monkey business (Mail and Guardian, South Africa; July 27, 2005)
- Positioning tags help track rare monkeys (China Daily; July 7, 2005)
- Gorilla adoption a unique marketing tool (Independent Online, South Africa; June 28, 2005)
- Indonesian Laws Against Trade in Endangered Orangutans Ignored (Environment News Service; June 22, 2005)
- Orang-utans killed for illegal trade (New Scientist; June 17, 2005)
- U.S. Ambassador Makes Chimpanzee Protection a Priority (Environment News Service; June 6, 2005)
- 2,500ha protection zone for proboscis monkeys (Daily Express, East Malaysia; May 19, 2005)
- 22 orangutans died last year (Jakarta Post; May 11, 2005)
- 'Danum too small for conservation' (Daily Express, East Malaysia; May 6, 2005)
- Environmentalists hope a new film will help lemurs (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; May 6, 2005)
- Our primates are in danger (Independent Online, South Africa; April 11, 2005)
- Satellite maps will ease plight of endangered mountain gorillas (European Space Agency; April 8, 2005)
- Desperate plight of the great apes (Australian Broadcasting Company; March 11, 2005)
- Expert highlights mobile phone threat to great apes (Australian Broadcasting Company; March 10, 2005)
- Vietnam's Green Corridor -- the home of endangered species (Thanh Nien News; March 10, 2005)
- Bid to save the last great apes (The Age, Australia; March 15, 2005)
- UWA blocks export of 280 monkeys (The New Vision, Uganda; March 15, 2005)
- Captive chimpanzees' release declared a success (New Scientist; February 28, 2005)
- Liberian gold rush threatens forest preserve (International Herald Tribune; March 1, 2005)
- Gorillas in Peril (LiveScience.com; January 27, 2005)
- Rare gorillas beat the odds in DRC forests (Independent Online, South Africa; January 28, 2005)
- Gorillas are missed in the DRC (Independent Online, South Africa; December 29, 2004)
- Malaysia's orangutans in trouble (Independent Online, South Africa; June 29, 2004)
- Rare Animals Make Africa Island Park True Hot Spot (National Geographic News; July 6, 2004)
- Gorillas in the Midst of Extinction (NASA; January 6, 2005)
- Pygmy chimpanzees on the brink of extinction (Independent Online, South Africa; January 10, 2005)
- Number of black leaf monkeys on the rise (China View; June 20, 2004)
- Rwandan, Kenyan Named Winners of 2004 Conservation Award (National Geographic News; December 9, 2004)
- Chimps to the general, by special delivery (Guardian, UK; December 6, 2004)
- Sky count to track orang numbers (BBC News; December 7, 2004)
- Field centre helps rare animals (ic Coventry; November 23, 2004)
- Calakmul land deal hailed, but success still uncertain (El Universal, Mexico; November 28, 2004)
- When breeding season becomes killing season (Independent Online, South Africa; November 27, 2004)
- Congo's war-torn gorillas (News24, South Africa; November 11, 2004)
- Milestone for 'land of the lemur' (BBC News; November 11, 2004)
- NGO executing Forest reserve protection programme (GhanaWeb; November 4, 2004)
- The illegal trade in gorillas (The Economist; November 4, 2004)
- Conservationist Jane Goodall Has Hope for Chimpanzees, Humans (Voice of America; October 31, 2004)
- Eastern Lowland Gorilla Numbers Plunge to 5,000, Study Says (National Geographic News; March 31, 2004)
- State comes to aid of baboon monitors (Independent Online, South Africa; November 4, 2004)
- How British demand feeds slaughter of rare species (Guardian, UK; September 12, 2004)
- Thailand pressured to repatriate orangutans (Independent, South Africa; October 12, 2004)
- Five groups of silvery gibbon disappear in Java (China View; August 28, 2004)
- Vietnam monkey faces extinction (BBC News; August 29, 2004)
- China successful in artificially breeding black leaf monkeys (People's Daily; March 1, 2004)
- Conservationists Under Fire (Inter Press Service News Agency; January 30, 2004)
- Snub-nosed monkey is rarer than giant panda (China View; February 13, 2004)
- Goodall Warns World Chimpanzee Population Plummets (Scoop, New Zealand; February 17, 2004)
- Learning to Track Like a Bushman (Wired; January 22, 2004)
- New evidence suggests that monkey thought extinct still exists (Ohio State Research News; February 2, 2004)
- The Garden Of Eden (CBS News; February 23, 2004)
- Endangered species breed at Welsh farm (News Wales; May 18, 2004)
- Caged rhesus monkeys to be freed (The Independent, South Africa; May 12, 2004)
- Fences 'can help apes' survival' (BBC News; May 5, 2004)
- The fight to save the eastern lowland gorilla (CNN; May 17, 2004)
- A Fifth of Southeast Asian Species May Die Out, Study Suggests (Bloomberg.com; July 23, 2003)
- After century of survival, many primates face extinction (CNN; January 10, 2000)
- An eye on the future for orangutans (Taipei Times; January 26, 2004)
- Ape alarm in West Africa (BBC News; September 17, 2002)
- Attractive tree ISO lemur to start a family (Science News; July 31, 1999)
- Balancing Wildlife Conservation with Human Survival (Inter Press Service News Agency; October 11, 2003)
- Census finds 5,000 chimpanzees in Uganda (South African Independent; January 21, 2003)
- Cheeky monkeys in danger (The Mercury, Africa; September 2, 2003)
- Conservation group tracks elusive mandrills (CNN; January 12, 1999)
- Conservationists Fight to Save Tiny Colombian Monkey (National Geographic News; May 27, 2003)
- Countries find common ground to protect world's rarest gorilla (EurekAlert; September 17, 2003)
- Dire Outlook for Many Primates (BBC; May 12, 2000)
- Duke University Lemurs Are Released Into Wilds of Madagascar (ScienceDaily; November 18, 1997)
- Endangered apes sing out in Vietnam (BBC News; April 2, 2002)
- Explorer's Notebook: Orangutans headed toward 'catastrophe' (National Geographic News; November 23, 2001)
- Extinction looms over mountain gorilla (Independent; October 17, 2002)
- Extinction Risk for 1 in 3 Primates, Study Says (National Geographic News; October 8, 2002)
- Farmers want baboon on the menu (BBC News; May 20, 1999)
- Farmers, herdsmen move out of habitat of golden monkeys (China View; November 17, 2003)
- Gibbons call out from the great apes' shadows (Independent; September 18, 2002)
- Golden monkeys hope for survival in "The Year of the Monkey" (China View; December 31, 1969)
- Golden primates makes a comeback (BBC News; April 4, 2001)
- Gorilla Wild: Face-to-Face in Africa for a New TV Film (National Geographic News; August 15, 2003)
- Gorillas make home in 'impenetrable' forest (National Geographic News; March 8, 2001)
- Gorillas' friend wins global award (BBC News; April 23, 2001)
- Great apes in peril (BBC News; May 20, 2001)
- Hanging in the balance (Telegraph, UK; December 13, 2003)
- Himalayan state takes stock of its agro monkeys (The Age, Australia; February 22, 2004)
- Hopes rise for mountain gorillas (BBC News; October 17, 2002)
- Human Expansion Threatens Brazilian Amazon Forests (Voice of America; September 21, 2002)
- Is This the Smallest Primate on Earth? (National Geographic News; June 27, 2003)
- Last chance to save great apes from extinction (Guardian Unlimited; May 21, 2001)
- Malaysia makes ape death arrest (BBC News; August 26, 2003)
- Massive Die-Off of Great Apes Reported in Africa (National Geographic News; February 6, 2003)
- Orang-utan catastrophe looms (Sydney Morning Herald; January 12, 2004)
- Orang-utans 'may die out by 2025' (BBC News; January 12, 2004)
- Orangutans losing battle for survival (National Geographic News; March 6, 2001)
- Poaching for baby gorillas turns deadly (CNN; November 30, 2002)
- Preserving lives, 1 gorilla at a time (Toledo Blade; December 12, 2000)
- Protection of black-capped gibbons (Xinhua Online; October 23, 2003)
- Rain Forest Expert Saves His Amazon (National Geographic News; December 17, 2002)
- Rare monkey born in captivity in Vietnam (The Independent, South Africa; July 18, 2003)
- Red alert over rare species (New Scientist; January 16, 2003)
- Rehab the only start for Borneo apes (Independent; January 25, 2004)
- Saving man's distant cousin (BBC News; August 13, 2001)
- Space Age Plan to Save Gorillas (BBC, October 3, 2001) (BBC; October 3, 2001)
- State of Amazonas safeguards world's richest biodiversity with six new protected areas (EurekAlert; September 10, 2003)
- Student's fears for orang-utan (BBC News; January 14, 2004)
- The last of their kind (Smoky Mountain News; Smokey Mountain News; January 22, 2003)
- The plight of the great apes (ABC Science Show, May 27, 2002) (ABC Science Show; May 27, 2002)
- Third of primates 'risk extinction' (BBC News; October 7, 2002)
- Why couple are swinging to the rescue (Newcastle Evening Chronicle, September 17, 2002) (NewCastle Evening Chronicle; September 17, 2002)
Bushmeat
Note: Many sites containing information about bushmeat
include graphic images that may not be appropriate for all audiences.
- Lemurs Hunted, Eaten Amid Civil Unrest, Group Says (National Geographic News; August 21, 2009)
- Gorillas orphaned by bushmeat trade set free on island (Mongabay; August 10, 2009)
- More than 300 gorillas butchered each year in the Republic of Congo (Mongabay; March 27, 2009)
- Bushmeat, an African delicacy, facing NY crackdown (Reuters; February 22, 2009)
- Judge cans monkey meat (New York Daily News; January 2, 2009)
- NY judge: Religion aside, monkey meat needs permit (Associated Press; January 3, 2009)
- Man Suffers from 1,415 Diseases; Blames His Gorilla Meat Diet (EcoWorldly)
- More diseases surface as bush meat eating rises (Daily Monitor; August 20, 2008)
- DRC: Monkey pox kills 22 in Equateur province (IRIN News; July 1, 2008)
- Central Africa: Expert Blames Aids, Ebola to Bush Meat (The Citizen, Tanzania; June 6, 2008)
- Wildlife Meat Dangerous for Humans If Not Checked (New Vision, Uganda; February 4, 2008)
- Hungry Tanzania refugees eat chimps and wild game (Reuters Africa; January 22, 2007)
- A Taste of Baboon and Monkey Meat, and Maybe of Prison, Too (New York Times; November 17, 2007)
- Chimpazees declining in parks - official (New Vision, Uganda; November 18, 2007)
- Equatorial Guinea bans hunting and eating monkeys (AFP; November 7, 2007)
- Dispute Over Monkey Meat Hits on Religious Freedom (New York Sun; August 20, 2007)
- Bushmeat: Curse of the Monkey's Paw (ABC News; March 15, 2007)
- Congo rebels kill rare ape, raising survival fears (Reuters; January 10, 2007)
- Road kill in Cameroon - killing of gorillas and other animals (Natural History; February 1997)
- Ape Meat Sold in U.S., European Black Markets (National Geographic News; July 18, 2006)
- Africa's apes 'are being eaten to extinction' (Mail and Guardian Online; June 30, 2006)
- Bushmeat trade threatens African wildlife (Independent Online; June 18, 2006)
- In the past, game was locally hunted and eaten as part of the diet of villagers; Now it is being consumed on an industrial scale (The Star, South Africa; June 14, 2006)
- Bush-meat traders threaten Nigeria's chimps (Georgia Straight, Canada; November 3, 2005)
- Gorillas being poached for 'bushmeat' trade (Independent Online, South Africa; August 31, 2005)
- Monkey meat sold in city (New Vision, Uganda; August 27, 2005)
- Lemur hunting persists in Madagascar, rare primates fall victim to hunger (Mongabay.com; July 17, 2005)
- DRC soldiers 'killing gorillas' (News 24, South Africa; June 22, 2005)
- Bushmeat 'safe' (Guardian Unlimited; June 13, 2005)
- Study links Ebola outbreaks to animal carcasses (EurekAlert; February 14, 2005)
- Bushmeat trade threatens wildlife and humans (Concord Monitor; January 21, 2005)
- Health Risks From Bushmeat May Reach U.S. Shores (Pacific News Service; April 29, 2004)
- New study links low fish supply to increased bushmeat hunting (EurekAlert; November 11, 2004)
- Aids warning over bushmeat trade (BBC News; October 26, 2004)
- Primate Viruses Transmitted To People Through Bushmeat (ScienceDaily; March 19, 2004)
- Bushmeat trade thriving in Kenya (BBC News; October 13, 2004)
- Oil boom fuels bushmeat trade (BBC News; October 7, 2004)
- Photographer Fights African Poaching With Grisly Pictures (National Geographic News; September 30, 2004)
- Tony Rose, The Bushmeat Project (Grist Magazine, 2002)
- Smuggled bushmeat poses disease risk to Britain, says report (Telegraph, UK; September 5, 2004)
- 'Bushmeat' seizures rise in Wales (BBC News; May 17, 2004)
- Africa's appetite for wild animals increases (CNN, August 2, 2000)
- African apes being eaten into extinction (Sunday Herald, UK; October 11, 2003)
- African `bushmeat' trade raises health, conservation fears (Taipei Times; August 25, 2003)
- Bushmeat ban 'would be wrong' (BBC News; September 8, 2003)
- Eating apes imperils species, spreads AIDS (ABC Science Online, Australia; September 15, 2003)
- Eating our closest relatives (News 24, South Africa; August 24, 2003)
- Ebola may come from 'bush meat' - study (Independent Online, South Africa; January 15, 2004)
- Fall of the Wild (ZooGoer, September-October 2001)
- Growing demand for 'bushmeat' threatens great apes (CNN; August 11, 1999)
- Hopes for sustainable bush meat hunting (New Scientist; September 3, 2003)
- Keeping Cameroon's primates from the pot (BBC News; March 8, 2001)
- Orphans of the Slaughter (Toledo Blade; December 10, 2000)
- Pygmies' bushmeat trade woe (BBC News; September 2, 2003)
- The cost of bushmeat (BBC News; June 4, 2002)
- UK project tackles bushmeat diet (BBC News; April 10, 2002)
- Wild meat imports raise concern (Seattle Post-Intelligencer; December 19, 2003)
Deforestation
- Wildlife expert claims gorilla dung is critical to containing climate change (Guardian; October 13, 2009)
- Palm oil both a leading threat to orangutans and a key source of jobs in Sumatra (Mongabay; September 24, 2009)
- Iowa scientists make plans to revive African forest (Des Moines Register; September 22, 2009)
- Madagascar issues fines for timber stolen from national parks during political crisis (Mongabay; August 3, 2009)
- Rainforests More Fragile Than Estimated (Discovery News; June 29, 2009)
- Indonesian orang-utans and tigers threatened by new logging scheme (Times Online; June 10, 2009)
- We need rainforest as much as the apes do (Times Online; May 2, 2009)
- Best Practice Guidelines to Reduce the Impact of Logging (IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group; 2007)
- Is Harvesting Palm Oil Destroying the Rainforests? (Scientific American; December 11, 2008)
- Biofuel boom endangers orangutan habitat (Los Angeles Times; October 19, 2008)
- Poaching and deforestation threaten Ugandan chimps (Earth Times; August 14, 2008)
- Chevron blamed for destroying natural forest in Bangladesh (Thaindian News; June 27, 2008)
- Rare golden primates help speed recovery of endangered Brazilian forest (Mongabay.com; June 9, 2008)
- The Amazon Gets Less and Less Green (Time; January 25, 2008)
- Costa Rica's monkeys lose ground to developers (Reuters; July 26, 2007)
- Indonesia's Logging Fight (Wall Street Journal; July 3, 2007)
- U.N.: Orangutans' Survival Faces Threat (Associated Press; June 11, 2007)
- Ugandan chimps threatened by massive felling of forests (Hindustan Times; June 12, 2007)
- Logging may wreck orangutan forests in decade-UN (Reuters; June 11, 2007)
- 'Protected' Congo forest is logged regardless (New Scientist; April 11, 2007)
- Palm Oil Products Linked To Orang-utan Demise (Scoop, New Zealand; March 22, 2007)
- Illegal Loggers Mutilating Congolese Forests (Environment News Service; February 28, 2007)
- Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei agree to save "Heart of Borneo" (AFP; February 12, 2007)
- Threatened Lemurs' Diet Key to Conservation Efforts, Researchers Say (National Geographic News; February 8, 2007)
- Orangutans 'face greater threat' (BBC News; February 6, 2007)
- Fighting to save Borneo's vital last rain forests (International Herald Tribune; September 19, 2006)
- Illegal logging helps Indonesians survive (Duluth News-Tribune; July 28, 2006)
- Grumble in the jungle (The Observer Magazine; June 18, 2006)
- Monkey-dung study offers clues about land-use, wildlife ecology (EurekAlert; April 6, 2006)
- Malaysian State to Ban Logging in Orangutan Habitat (Voice of America; March 16, 2006)
- Indonesia rainforest palm plantation plan seen causing timber losses, floods (Forbes; February 7, 2006)
- Satellites Show Amazon Parks, Indigenous Reserves Stop Forest Clearing (ScienceDaily; January 27, 2006)
- Study: Deforestation decimates orangutans (UPI; January 24, 2006)
- World deforestation rates and forest cover statistics, 2000-2005 (Mongabay.com; November 16, 2005)
- Shaking Money From Borneo's Trees (Washington Post; November 2, 2005)
- Selective Logging Fails to Sustain Rainforest (Scientific American; October 21, 2005)
- Palm plantation sparks rainforest row (CNN; September 16, 2005)
- WWF: World's Largest Palm Oil Plantation Could Spell Disaster for Forests of Borneo (US Newswire; August 12, 2005)
- Logging Changed Ecological Balance For Monkeys, Damaged Health (ScienceDaily; June 15, 2005)
- Tsunami Rebuilding Could Deforest Island, Green Groups Say (National Geographic News; April 26, 2005)
- Oil Developer Permitted to Log in Ecuadorian National Park (Environment News Service; March 28, 2005)
- Orang-utan brigade takes on Borneo's illegal loggers (Sydney Morning Herald; March 25, 2005)
- Environmentalists Urge U.S. Firms to Stop Importing Indonesian Timber (Environment News Service; February 25, 2005)
- Saving The Congo Basin Rainforest (Voice of America; February 1, 2005)
- Save the trees, save the apes, expert says (San Diego Union-Tribune; October 5, 2004)
- Borneo Forest Faces Extinction (Wired News; February 13, 2004)
- For Dung Beetles, Monkey Business Is Serious Stuff (National Geographic News; May 26, 2004)
- Catastrophic loss of wild bamboo threatens pandas, mountain gorillas -- UN (UN News Centre; May 11, 2004)
- Letting Indonesia's forests 'breathe' (Asia Times; January 23, 2003)
Ecotourism
- Visitors get up close with gorillas at Rwanda sanctuary (Dallas Morning News; July 19, 2009)
- Kalimantan's Camp Orangutan (Time; April 30, 2009)
- Political turmoil in Madagascar threatens lemurs, parks (Mongabay; March 19, 2009)
- See gorillas up close in Rwanda (Chicago Sun-Times; November 16, 2008)
- Malaysia: Face to face with orangutans (Salt Lake Tribune; November 11, 2008)
- Uganda wildlife park gets new gorilla family (AFP; October 3, 2008)
- Sri Lanka hopes wildlife glories will attract new tourists (AFP; September 18, 2008)
- Uganda to prepare more mountain gorillas for contact with humans (Vancouver Sun; September 18, 2008)
- Gorillas: In their midst at Volcanoes National Park (Associated Press; July 8, 2008)
- Travelers Meet Apes In the Rwandan Jungle (ABC News; July 4, 2008)
- Gorillas: 20, Humans: $25,000 (Huffington Post; June 26, 2008)
- Gorillas in our midst (News.com.au, Australia; May 12, 2008)
- Rwanda's silverback gorilla lodge (Times Online; March 16, 2008)
- More mountain gorillas for tourists (Reuters; October 9, 2007)
- Gorillas' Safety Vital to Africa's Tourism Market (ABC News; August 8, 2007)
- Ecotourism Driving Tibetan Monkeys to Infanticide (National Geographic News; July 20, 2007)
- For Primates, Tourism Can Be Less Fun Than a Barrel of Monkeys (University at Buffalo News Center; July 13, 2007)
- Kagame Calls for Communal Participation in Tourism (Kigali New Times; June 30, 2007)
- Rare gorillas habituated to boost tourism (Independent Online; March 12, 2007)
- Gorillas (and chimps) in their midst (Roanoke Times; February 2, 2007)
- Monkey Business (Lanka Business Online; January 11, 2007)
- Wilder shores (The Australian; November 25, 2006)
- Beaufort's Proboscis Monkey (Bernama, Malyasian National News Agency; August 29, 2006)
- They're just like family, only hairier (Los Angeles Times; July 16, 2006)
- Village has a gorilla economy (San Francisco Chronicle; July 16, 2006)
- Gorillas in Rwanda (Washington Post; March 5, 2006)
- A star turn on silverback mountain (Sunday Times, London; February 26, 2006)
- Bwindi gorillas in baby galore (New Vision Online; October 25, 2005)
- Uganda's poor hope for more gorilla dollars (BBC News; May 21, 2004)
- Meet the relatives (The Globe and Mail, Canada; August 14, 2004)
- RPPN: Private Reserves Embrace Ecotourism in Brazil (Brazilmax; February 16, 2004)
- A Town Square for Jungle Beasts (New York Times; September 7, 2003)
- Gorillas in our midst (Independent Online, South Africa; February 24, 2004)
- Gorillas in our midst (St. Petersburg Times; November 17, 2002)
- Rwanda: Park lodge loved by baboons reopens to human guests (North County Times; February 8, 2004)
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