The government of Cameroon has established the first sanctuary
exclusively for the world's rarest type of ape: the Cross River
gorilla, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), which
helped support the project.

Boycotting palm oil produced in Southeast Asia in an "unrealistic" and
"ineffective" approach to conserving the region's fast-disappearing
rainforests, said a Princeton University researcher speaking at a
conference on the sustainability of palm oil. Instead, NGOs should
focus on engaging and working with the palm oil industry to reduce its
impact on the environment.

SHIMLA: With the farming community
being adversely affected by the huge monkey population in the state, the
Himachal Pradesh government has requested the Centre to lift the ban on export
of simians.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today it will award a dozen grants for a total amount of $641,265 to aid the conservation of great apes in eight African countries. The grants are awarded through the Service's Wildlife Without Borders Program and are made possible by the Great Ape Conservation Fund. The fund was established by Congress to provide assistance for the conservation of great apes facing a variety of threats, including poaching, illegal trafficking, human conflict, habitat loss, and disease.

With emphasis on great apes, scientists will explore how the brain creates a mind

Des
Moines, Iowa – March 31, 2008 – Internationally recognized research
pioneers from a variety of disciplines will gather in Des Moines May
7-9 when Great Ape Trust of Iowa presents Decade of the Mind III:
Emergence of the Mind, a groundbreaking symposium exploring the topics
of consciousness and mind in nonhuman primates, with an emphasis on
great apes.