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 |
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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;
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Madagascar
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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 |