Primates, 230 species in total, are highly developed mammals. The human species is one of them. For decennia scientists have been warning for the extinction of certain animals. The researchers in this report claim that their mayor concern lies with a number of species of monkeys, as they are so closely related to humans.
The Hainan gibbon in China and the Miss Waldrons Red Colobus Monkey on the Ivory Coast are named specifically as examples of monkeys in peril. In Asia the main cause of extinction of these monkeys lies in the deforestation and the hunt.
The UNEP, the voice for the environment in the United Nations, also sounded the alarm this week. The health and wellbeing of humans is threatened directly by pollution, deforestation and over fishing. The organisation especially regrets that there is so little trouble taken to change this. The existing problems are not yet solved and new ones already rise. According to UNEP, the lifestyle of people in rich countries is at the expense of the people living in developing countries.
Primate problems
27november2007
Recently, the International Primatological Society (IPS), an environmental organisation, presented a report in Hainan (China). It concluded that almost one third of all primates is threatened with extinction.
