Gibbons are small, slender, long-armed, tree-dwelling apes. These very acrobatic primates live in southeast Asia. Gibbons are arboreal; they spend most of their lives in trees. Because they are so agile while moving in the trees, almost no predators can catch them. There are nine species of gibbons, including the siamang, which is the largest and darkest gibbon. Because of the rapid deforestation of their habitats, some gibbon species are critically endangered.
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Report on the first Indoneisan Gibbon Conservatin and Management workshop. (February 2008)
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"The Great Lesser Ape"
Hosted by The Natural Science Center of Greensboro, North Carolina (United States). The conference will focus on captive gibbon husbandry and management practices, but will also encompass topics within gibbon conservation and biology.
Paper/Presentation/Poster abstract submission deadline is January 1st, 2012.
Workshop sessions may be held in place of presentations for some topics.
04/06/2012
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Pu Mat National Park, Vietnam - Conservation International (CI) has discovered the largest known remaining population of the critically endangered northern white-cheeked crested gibbon (Nomascus leucogenys) in Vietnam. Through auditory surveying, a technique which uses the species loud morning calls for identification, CI has confirmed a substantial population of 130 groups (455 animals), making this the highest priority for conservation action for the species globally.
18/07/2011
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A baby white-cheeked gibbon named Nakai is being hand reared at Perth Zoo after his mother struggled to care for him after his birth.
Perth Zoo primate keeper Holly Thompson said the 8-week-old gibbon required around the clock care.
"He's on nine feeds a day of a milk formula," she said.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/mp/9638859/zoo-welcomes-birth-of-rare-gibbon/
14/06/2011
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LONDON, UK: - HRH The Princess Royal (Princess Anne) tonight presented one of the world’s top prizes for grassroots nature conservation – a Whitley Award – to Dr Hotlin Ompusunggu, a Sumatran dentist working in West Kalimantan, Borneo, for her work to improve the health and well-being of rainforest communities while also safeguarding a globally important habitat for gibbons, hornbills and orangutans, among many other species.
12/05/2011
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Gibbons are small, arboreal, highly endangered apes that are understudied compared with other hominoids. At present there are four recognized genera and approximately 17 species, all likely to have diverged from each other within the last 5 - 6 million years. Although the gibbon phylogeny has been investigated using various approaches (i.e. vocalization, morphology, mitochondrial DNA, karyotype, etc.), the precise taxonomic relationships are still highly debated.
http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2011/03/02/molbev.msr033.abstract
02/03/2011
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A new gibbon species have been discovered by researchers, led by Christian Roos, from the German Primate Center (Deutschen Primatenzentrums) and was published on Vietnamese Journal of Primatology. The northern buffed-cheeked gibbons (Nomascus annamensis) live in the rainforests of Annamite Mountains, situated around Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. The northern buffed-cheeked gibbons were once thought to be the yellow-cheeked gibbons (Nomascus gabriellae) but vocalization and genetic research prove that both are distinct species.
http://primatology.net/2010/09/22/new-gibbon-species-discovered/
22/09/2010
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The following organisations are working to protect Gibbons, or are involved in their study and care:
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Animal Defenders International Millbank Tower Millbank London SW1P 4QP Phone: +44 (0)20 7630 3340 Fax: +44 (0)20 7828 2179 |
Web (en): www.ad-international.org Email: click for contact form |
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Born Free Foundation Will Travers CEO 3 Grove House Foundry Lane Horsham West Sussex RH13 5PL Phone: +44 (0)1403 240 170 Fax: +44 (0)1403 327 838 |
Web (en): www.bornfree.org.uk Email: click for contact form |
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Cockroach Productions Nick Lyon & Evie Wright The Old Tannery Staplegrove Taunton Somerset TA2 6SP www.films4.org http://indonesiangibbons.blogspot.com/ Phone: 07850 921 207 & 208 |
Web (en): www.cockroach.org.uk Email: click for contact form |
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Conservation International 2011 Crystal Drive Suite 500 Arlington VA 22202 USA Phone: (703) 341-2400 USA |
Web (en): www.conservation.org |
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Gibbon Conservation Alliance Anthropological Institute University Zurich-Irchel Winterthurerstrasse 190 CH - 8057 Zurich, Switzerland |
Web (en): www.gibbonconservation.org Email: click for contact form |
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Gibbon Research Lab. Dr Thomas Geissmann Anthropological Institute University Zurich-Irchel Winterthurerstrasse 190 CH - 8057 Zurich, Switzerland Phone: +41-44-635 54 13 Fax: +41-44-635 68 04 |
Web (en): www.gibbons.de Email: click for contact form |
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Humane Society of Canada 409-120 Carlton St Toronto ON M5A 4K2 Canada Phone: +416 368 0405/1948 |
Web (en): www.humanesociety.com |
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International Primate Protection League (U.K.) Gilmore House 166 Gilmore Road London SE13 5AE Phone: +44 (0)20 8297 2129 Fax: +44 (0)20 8297 2099 |
Web (en): www.ippl-uk.org Email: click for contact form |
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International Ranger Federation Gordon Miller Fold Head Cottage Grindsbrook Booth Edale Hope Valley Derbyshire S33 7ZD UK Phone: 00 44(0) 1433 670210 |
Web (en): www.int-ranger.net Email: click for contact form |
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IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group John M. Aguiar, Coordinator Conservation International 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 500 Arlington, Virginia 22202-3787 Phone: (703) 341-2400 USA |
Web (en): www.primate-sg.org |
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Kalaweit Constance Cluset Kalaweit France 69 rue Mouffetard 75005 Paris France. Phone: +33 (0)7 86 01 18 87 |
Web (en): www.kalaweit.org Web (de): chaneekalaweit.blogspot.com Email: click for contact form |
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Primate Society of Great Britain Bramley Lane Farm Higher Kinnerton Chester CH4 9AX UK Phone: +44(0) 1334 467174 |
Web (en): www.psgb.org Email: click for contact form |
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Restore UK Peter Cole PO Box 310, Epsom, Surrey KT17 UK Phone: 01737 355458 Fax: 01737 355496 |
Web (en): www.restoreuk.org Email: click for contact form |
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Wildlife Friends of Thailand Edwin Wiek 108 Moo 6 Tambon Thamairuak Amphoe Thayang 76130 Petchaburi Thailand Phone: +66-32-458135 |
Web (en): www.wfft.org Email: click for contact form |
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WWF-UK Panda House Weyside Park, Godalming Surrey GU7 1XP Phone: +44 (0)1483 426444 Fax: +44 (0)1483 426409 |
Web (en): www.wwf.org.uk |
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Zoological Society of London Regents Park London NW1 4RY Phone: +44 (0)20 7449 6610 Fax: +44 (0)20 7586 2870 |
Web (en): www.zsl.org Email: click for contact form |
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