today with extinction, and 75% have populations gradually reduced.
These are the estimates of a new international scientific research, the most comprehensive to date, which stresses that there are no longer any doubts as to the survival of several primates, who mainly reside in the ever-shrinkwrap forests of our planet.
The researchers, led by professor Paul Garber of the University of Illinois, who made the relevant publication in the journal “Science Advances”, stated that “we are really in the eleventh hour for many of these creatures”. In some species, such as the population of chinese gibbon, have left fewer than 30 animals.
The main threats for the primates come from the loss of their habitat, hunting, illegal trade and various economic activities, such as construction of roads and mines, agriculture, animal husbandry and logging. The pollution and the climate change gradually aggravate the situation.
“Unfortunately, in 25 years many species of primates have disappeared, unless their protection become a global priority,” said Garber.
Only four countries (Brazil, Indonesia, Madagascar, Republic of the Congo) accommodate two-thirds of all primate species.
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Almost two out of three species of apes and monkeys are threatened with extinction
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