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This MySpace is a place to learn about and be inspired by some of the worlds most endangered and magnificent primates. Each month I will concentrate on a particular species of primate, or area of oustanding biodiversity.Please use this MySpace to learn interesting facts about some of the world most endangered primates, the threats they face and the ways in which we can help them. This page aims to increase awareness about species of primate that not many people may know much about or that you may not have even heard of, but are in dire need of conservation efforts!Please refer to my blog for more information!The month of January will be focussing on the Lemurs of Madagascar!

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Palm Oil production and its affect on the environment

Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil obtained from the fruit of the oil palm tree. It is thought to have surpassed soybean as the most widely produced vegetable oil in the world. In 2004, 28 million me...
Posted by on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 05:13:00 GMT

Primates in Peril

View the full document at http://www.conservation.org/English/Pages/MapFeature.aspx?Ma pFeatureID=25primates&nointro=true With more information about each of the 25 species' listed
Posted by on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 05:07:00 GMT

Deforestation and its effects

  Every minute of every hour of every day, an area of rainforest the size of approximately thirty-seven football pitches is cut down all over the world. Why are these trees being cut down? What d...
Posted by on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 04:38:00 GMT

Primates in Peril updated list (2006-2008)

The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates, and the countries where they are found:  Greater bamboo lemur (Prolemur simus)Madagascar White-collared lemur (Eulemur albocollaris)Madagascar Sahama...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:52:00 GMT

Primates in Peril: The Worlds 25 Most Endangered Primates 2006-2008

The report compiled by 60 experts from 21 countries warns that failure to respond to the mounting threats now exacerbated by climate change will bring the first primate extinctions in more than a cent...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:50:00 GMT

Northern muriquis

Found in the remnants of the Atlantic coastal forest in Brazil, muriquis are arboreal and diurnal and eat mostly leaves, fruit and flowers. They are able to utilize secondary as well as primary forest...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:42:00 GMT

Cross River Gorilla, one of the most endangered species of gorilla

The Cross river gorilla is a sub species of the western gorilla. It is one of the least known species of gorilla, with many people never having heard of it before. It is found in the tropical and subt...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 07:55:00 GMT

Cross River Gorilla, one of the most endangered species of gorilla

The Cross river gorilla is a sub species of the western gorilla. It is one of the least known species of gorilla, with many people never having heard of it before. It is found in the tropical and subt...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 07:55:00 GMT

25 most endangered primates 2004-2006

Conservation International has outlined the 25 most endangered primate species in the world. Here they are; ..> Madagascar 1. Prolemur simus (Gray, 1871) Greater bamboo lemur Madagascar ...
Posted by on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:46:00 GMT

Perrier's Sifaka

Perrier's Sifaka is one of the rarest and most endangered lemurs, and primates in the world. The total wild population in the wild is less than 1000, whilst the effective breedinging population is tho...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 05:41:00 GMT