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Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:27pm EDT
By Martin Roberts
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's parliament voiced its support on Wednesday for the rights of great apes to life and freedom in what will apparently be the first time any national legislature has called for such rights for non-humans.
25/06/2008
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http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2008/06/02/news0319.htm
The Spanish government has contributed USD 368,000 to a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) led initiative to help protect gorillas, chimpanzees and their habitats in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
04/06/2008
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VOICE OF AMERICA (follow the link for photos and to listen to the interview as mp3)
http://www.voanews.com/english/Science/2008-05-27-voa27.cfm
| By Véronique LaCapra Washington, DC 27 May 2008 |
Monkeys and apes play a crucial role in dispersing the seeds of fruit trees in tropical forests. But across the tropics, habitat loss and hunting are decimating local primate populations, and may be putting many tree species at risk. Véronique LaCapra reports.
28/05/2008
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Monkeys under threat, scientists warn UN biodiversity conference
Posted : Tue, 20 May 2008 09:58:02 GMT
Bonn, Germany - The continued hunting of monkeys in many parts of the world has drastic consequences for the affected species and for the wider environment, scientists at the UN conference on biodiversity being held in Bonn said Tuesday. Immediate measures, including stricter legislation to control hunting and larger protection areas, were needed,
20/05/2008
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Zurich, 15 May 2008
China's fauna exhibits a unique diversity of apes. Unfortunately, the apes are
more strongly endangered by extinction in China than in any other country. A
research team assembled by anthropologists of Zurich University now conclude
that an other ape species has just become extinct in China's Yunnan province.
15/05/2008
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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.
18/04/2008
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