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	Ape extinction - Biocrawler
		Ape extinction, particularly great ape extinction, is one of the most widely held biodiversity concerns.
		Recent primate extinctions (notably that of Miss Waldron's Red Colobus) after a long period of no such losses, and the rise of the African bushmeat trade, have sparked concerns that human beings may be eliminating their nearest genetic and social relatives.
		The facts are that there are very few breeding populations of the gorilla, bonobo, chimpanzee or orang-utan outside captivity, and all such populations are not only formally classified as endangered species, but in the direct path of human deforestation and development, especially in Indonesia and the Congo.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Ape_extinction (187 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Great ape personhood
		Laboratory studies of ape language ability began to reveal other human traits, as did genetics, and eventually three of the great apes were reclassified as hominids.
		Ape genocide is a political term referring simultaneously to ape extinction, breakdown in ape social groups, and the fact that scientists classify some apes as hominid, in the same family as man. Accordingly, many believe that the extermination of these near-human species is politically and socially equivalent to genocide as defined by the United Nations.
		As ape extinction due to the bushmeat trade began to cause social groups of apes to disintegrate, losing many key adult members (according to researchers close to these groups) and leaving many ape children orphaned, pressure mounted to save these species.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Great_ape_personhood (2501 words)

	Ape extinction
		Ape extinction, particularly great ape extinction, is one of the most widely held biodiversity concerns.
		Recent primate extinctions (notably that of Miss Waldron's red colobus) after a long period of no such losses, and the rise of the African bushmeat trade, have sparked concerns that human beings may be eliminating their nearest genetic and social relatives.
		There are very few breeding populations of the great apes outside captivity, and all such populations are not only formally classified as endangered species, but in the direct path of human deforestation and development, especially in Indonesia and the Congo.
	www.ibpassociation.org /encyclopedia/Ecology/Ape_extinction.php (288 words)

	Ape extinction Information
		There are very few breeding populations of the great apes outside captivity, and all such populations are not only formally classified as endangered species, but in the direct path of human deforestation and development, especially in Indonesia and the Congo.
		For many, the fate of apes differs in kind from that of other species: the extinction of man's nearest relatives would certainly lead to ignorance of human origins.
		Goodall has been a consistent advocate of great ape personhood, that is, treating all hominids as "persons", and not as "animals".
	www.bookrags.com /Ape_extinction (254 words)

	Report for SAGA2/COE Symposium
		Extinction is also indicated by the presence of fossils of species on islands smaller than those on which they now occur, and by the lack of any relationship between numbers of species on adjacent islands.
		Apes as a taxon are especially prone to extinction: they occur now on only the three largest Sunda Shelf islands.
		And of course, the findings are relevant to predciting future extinctions, and hence to conservation management of primates in a world in which almost all primates are going to end up in highly managed, relatively small islands of remaining habitat in a surrounding sea of radically altered habitat.
	www.pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp /meetings/coe99/report/Harcourt.html (630 words)

	Ape extinction - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		There are very few breeding populations of the great apes outside captivity, and all such populations are not only formally classified as endangered species, but in the direct path of human deforestation and development, especially in Indonesia and the Congo.
		They are also hunted by humans, as part of the growing African "bushmeat" trade, which has spread to African cities.
		Ape extinction, See also, Extinction and Animal welfare.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Primate_extinction (308 words)

	Last Chance to Save Great Apes from Extinction
		Habitats are being disturbed by farmers and miners, and destroyed by loggers, and the apes are being killed for food.
		One population of eastern lowland gorillas in the war-ravaged Democratic Republic of the Congo is known to have halved to around 110 to 130.
		Grasp will work with Ape Alliance, the World Wide Fund for Nature and other campaigning groups to extend protected areas, equip wardens and rangers and educate local people in the economic potential, as tourist attractions, of the great apes that live nearby.
	www.commondreams.org /cgi-bin/print.cgi?file=/headlines01/0521-03.htm (734 words)

	Ape
		When human baselines first arose, the number of ape species was already at an all-time low due to competition from monkeys and due to the relative shortage of tropical rainforest habitat in the relatively cold and dry climate of the Pleistocene.
		GAIA has restored baseline apes, as She has many other species eliminated by man. However, while tourists and pilgrims have reported sighting such creatures in the forests of Earth, these reports have never been confirmed and are sometimes found to be hoaxes generated by mischievous
		The most extensive planetary populations of baseline apes are those maintained by the Institute for Primate Provolution at Ao Lai, all based on the species in their original Cache (and possibly on exchanges with whatever genetic sources GAIA may have used).
	www.orionsarm.com /topics/ape.html (983 words)

	The Armchair Empire - Xbox Reviews: Aliens vs Predator - Extinction
		The setup for APE is you basic, “fight for a planet rich in resources,” with the mining humans touching off a very explosive three-way war with the Alien and Predator species.
		APE forces you to be ultra vigilant ensuring you designated units get from Point A to B without taking the scenic route.
		APE even has a Pause Time mode, which allows you to zoom in and rotate the camera for a better look at the action.
	www.armchairempire.com /Reviews/XBox/aliens-predator-extinction.htm (864 words)

	..:: Welcome To The Cincinnati Zoo ::..
		For example, apes disperse seeds throughout the forest and create light gaps in the canopy that encourage new plant growth.
		A survey conducted in 2000 found that ape populations are declining in 96% of the protected areas assessed.
		The lone ape of Asia, the orangutan is in the direst of circumstances and would likely be the first great ape to go extinct.
	www.cincyzoo.org /Conservation/GlobalConservation/Bonobo/Crisis/crisis.html (1237 words)

	ScienceDaily: Wild Ape Population Undergoing 'Catastrophic' Decline; Study Predicts Animals Most Like Humans May Soon ...
		In their paper, the researchers compared their results with those of the last comprehensive ape survey, which was done between 1981 and 1983, as well as with results from smaller surveys completed in the intervening years.
		Walsh emphasized that the researchers did not attempt to estimate the actual number of apes that exist in the study region, which was mainly in the country of Gabon.
		Walsh said the ape problem progressed as far as it has in part because of a lack funding for large-scale studies that are not tied to small, individual projects.
	www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2003/04/030407073715.htm (1366 words)

	Many species of ape facing extinction
		At an urgent meeting this month of wildlife and zoo researchers from 12 nations, experts said new estimates of the populations of chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans are far lower than they were even a year or two ago, with some species down to a few thousand, or even a few hundred.
		Well, that is being revised to 10 years, or even five.'' The great apes might be the most well-known of the endangered primates, but their plight is not unique.
		The most urgent threats are logging, hunting, war and the millions of impoverished refugees who rely on the same forests as the primates for food, fuel and shelter.
	www.monkeymania.co.uk /news3.htm (290 words)

	News in Science - Apes on the verge of extinction - 08/04/2003
		Their fall has been so rapid, severe and under-appreciated, that the conservation status of both species should be upgraded immediately to the critically endangered category, according to the authors of the report published in the latest issue of the journal Nature.
		When the team surveyed ape sleeping nests at sites across Gabon over the past three years and compared the results with a national survey conducted two decades earlier - when high-density ape populations spanned the nation - it estimated conservatively that ape numbers had plunged by more than half.
		"The primary cause of the decline in ape numbers during this period was commercial hunting, facilitated by the rapid expansion of mechanised logging," the report said.
	www.abc.net.au /science/news/stories/s826641.htm (653 words)

	$25 million needed to save great apes from extinction, UN agencies say (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Every one of the great ape species is at high risk of extinction, either in the immediate future or at best within 50 years, the agencies noted in a news release.
		The great apes are under increasing threat of extinction as the result of various human activities.
		According to a recent UNEP report, “The Great Apes — the road ahead”, less than 10 per cent of their remaining forest habitat in Africa will be left relatively undisturbed by 2030 if road building, construction of mining camps and other infrastructure developments continue at current levels.
	www.un.org /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=8987&Cr=apes&Cr1= (572 words)

	Gorilla Threats, Chimpanzee Information, Endangered Apes
		Great apes of Africa and Asia could face extinction in the next few decades if more is not done to conserve them.
		Africa's great apes -- gorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos -- live in war-torn regions and are threatened by hunting for the commercial bushmeat trade.
		Asia's only great ape, the orangutan, is also losing much of its habitat to deforestation and deliberate burning to make way for agriculture and oil palm plantations.
	www.worldwildlife.org /apes/index.cfm (177 words)

	The Polluted Planet: Alarm as Global Study Finds One-Third of Amphibians Face Extinction
		They witnessed the rise and fall of the dinosaurs and were present at the birth of a bipedal ape who went on to become the most destructive species the planet has ever known.
		While 32 per cent of amphibians are threatened with extinction, only 12 per cent of birds and 23 per cent of mammals are in the same position.
		Dr Stuart said that all animal groups undergo a natural "background" rate of extinction but, in the case of amphibians, the actual loss of species is equivalent to the total number of background extinctions for many tens of thousands of years being squeezed into a single century.
	www.commondreams.org /headlines04/1015-05.htm (933 words)

	Ebola wipes out 5000 gorillas: study - World - smh.com.au
		The estimate is made by a team of scientists in Europe and central western Africa, who say there was a "massive die-off" of gorillas in Congo's Lossi Sanctuary park from 2002 to 2004.
		The great apes which died were western gorillas (Gorilla gorilla), one of two gorillas species.
		Ape species that were abundant and widely distributed a decade ago are rapidly being reduced to remnant populations."
	www.smh.com.au /news/world/ebola-wipes-out-5000-gorillas-study/2006/12/08/1165081126243.html (498 words)

	IGN: Ape Escape Review
		Ape Escape is a big step in the evolution of the modern platformer.
		Ape Escape is the story of a band of rogue monkeys that escape from the amusement park and mistakenly break into a genius professor's laboratory.
		Ape Escape is a simple looking game, packed with primary colors, like those in Mario, Croc, or Gex, and mostly ordinary effects.
	psx.ign.com /articles/161/161105p1.html (1724 words)

	SFU News - Comment - November 17, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		All great apes share with humans high cognitive abilities, similar emotions, foresight, excellent memories, self-recognition and self-awareness, and are capable of symbolic communication, insight, imitation and innovation as well as generalization, abstract thought and problem solving.
		Found only in Southeast Asia and China, small apes are territorial, monogamous, and the acrobats of the primate world, swinging from tree to tree like the “flying young man on the swinging trapeze” and then soaring mid-air as they let go of one branch and fly to reach another.
		The prognosis for all ape populations in the wild is bleak.
	www.sfu.ca /mediapr/sfu_news/regular_features/comment11170501.htm (1189 words)

	10 Years to Live ; Orang-Utan Faces Extinction in the Wild ++ The Great Ape's Habitat is Rapidly Being Destroyed - By ...
		The fires, the worst in a decade and which reached their peak last month, sent a thick pall of smoke across the region, closing airports and forcing drivers to use headlights at noon.
		Their greatest victim is the orang-utan - Asia's only great ape - which is so endangered that many experts believe that it will become extinct in the wild over the next 10 years.
		They have long been threatened by the pet trade: the number of the apes per square kilometre in Taiwan's capital, Taipei, is now greater than in their natural rainforest homes.
	www.redorbit.com /news/science/770480/10_years_to_live__orangutan_faces_extinction_in_the/index.html?source=r_science (686 words)

	greatapes2 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		All great ape species risk extinction, either in the immediate future or within the next 50 years, because of deforestation, poaching, live animal trade and human encroachment on their habitats.
		The urgency of their plight was underscored by the United Nations as its environmental and cultural agencies met to outline a global strategy to prevent poaching and illegal trade, while encouraging education and ecotourism.
		The plan includes satellite mapping of the apes' dwindling habitat, and help for Great Ape states in boosting law enforcement and in easing poverty around nature reserves.
	www.liberation-mag.org.uk /greatapes2.htm (564 words)

	Orangutan faces fiery extinction - 18 Dec 2006 - Environment News - New Zealand Herald (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Conservationists believe many of the fires, the worst in a decade and at their peak last month, were deliberately lit to make room for plantations to grow palm oil - much of it, ironically, to meet the world's growing demand for environmentally friendly fuel.
		They have long been threatened by the pet trade: the number of the apes per square kilometre in Taiwan's capital, Taipei, is now greater than in their natural rainforest homes.
		A threatened tree-dwelling ape, orangutan means "man of the forest" in the Malay language.
	www.nzherald.co.nz /category/story.cfm?c_id=39&objectid=10415787 (613 words)

	AAAS - AAAS News Release
		With expectations that ape species (particularly the orangutan) and their cultural diversity could taper to levels of near-extinction within the next 10 to 20 years, researchers hope that an increased understanding and awareness of the species and their human-like behaviors will bring our evolutionary elders the respect and attention they need for survival.
		Because of their high levels of development, ape cultures appear to be more complex — and humanlike — than those of other animals.
		Other researchers have used Whiten’s methods to study other kinds of apes: van Schaik replicated the kinds of experiments with orangutan populations, and Tara Stoinski, from Zoo Atlanta/Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International, has compared gorilla populations within and among different zoos to document ape behaviors.
	www.aaas.org /news/releases/2006/0220apes.shtml (764 words)

	Last Chance To Halt Great Ape Extinction
		All great ape species risk extinction, either in the immediate future or within the next 50 years, because of deforestation, poaching, live animal trade and human encroachment on their habitats.
		The urgency of their plight was underscored by the United Nations as its environmental and cultural agencies met to outline a global strategy to prevent poaching and illegal trade, while encouraging education and ecotourism.
		The plan includes satellite mapping of the apes' dwindling habitat, and help for Great Ape states in boosting law enforcement and in easing poverty around nature reserves.
	www.buzzle.com /editorials/12-16-2003-48676.asp (651 words)

	7/4/2003 -- Great apes are pushed towards extinction by Ebola and hunting
		Populations of both great apes are falling sharply, even in the pristine rainforests of equatorial West Africa, suggesting a continent-wide crisis for the endangered species, research has found.
		Extinction, or the survival of only small and isolated populations, is a real possibility if the trend continues.
		Previous estimates of ape numbers had assumed that populations are stable because this habitat is not being destroyed at a great rate.
	www.forests.org /articles/reader.asp?linkid=21551 (730 words)

	-- Press Releases - November 2003 - Humankind’s closest living relatives on the brink of extinction - United ...
		Every one of the great ape species is at high risk of extinction, either in the immediate future or at best within 50 years.
		The great apes are under increasing threat of extinction as the result of various human activities.
		According to a recent UNEP report, “The Great Apes — the road ahead”, less than 10 percent of the remaining forest habitat of the great apes of Africa will be left relatively undisturbed by 2030 if road building, construction of mining camps and other infrastructure developments continue at current levels.
	www.unep.org /Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=354&ArticleID=4311&l=en (1949 words)

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