ABSTRACT 1 Almost 50% of primate species are in danger of becoming extinct, according
to the criteria of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of …

The importance of Southeast Asia's tropical peat swamp forests for biodiversity is becoming
increasingly recognised. Information on species presence within peatland areas is scant …

Altitude influences forest structure and food abundance and distribution, which in turn affect
primate feeding and ranging patterns. Javan gibbons (Hylobates moloch) are endemic to …

Gibbons are small arboreal apes inhabiting the rainforests of South-East Asia, Northwest
India and Bangladesh (Carpenter 1940; Chivers 1977). The taxonomy of gibbons is under …

Rehabilitation and translocation programmes are increasingly becoming an important
component of conservation action plans for threatened species. Translocation can help …

Data are presented on the locomotion of Bornean Agile Gibbons (Hylobates albibarbis) in a
disturbed peat-swamp forest. Our results indicate that gibbons favour continuous-canopy …

This report presents an assessment of the trade in gibbons and orang-utans in Sumatra,
Indonesia, including the islands off Sumatra's west coast (most notably, the Mentawai …

Almost 50% of primates are in danger of becoming extinct, according to the criteria of the
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, one of the reasons being their consumption by …

Java marks the most southwesterly limits for the range of the Asian primates. There is fossil
evidence that the orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)(Storm et al. 2005), siamang …

Current dominant thinking and practice in the private and public sectors asserts that peoples'
development needs are in conflict with, or mutually exclusive to, the need to conserve the …