Still Waters 52,364 #1 Posted June 1, 2020 The discovery of a new breeding pair raises hope for the survival of the world's rarest primate, the Hainan Gibbon. Ravaged by deforestation and poaching, the ape now lives only in a patch of forest on China's Hainan island. In the 1950s, there were an estimated 2,000 left in the world, but numbers fell to fewer than 10 in the 1970s. The latest census shows numbers have tripled to more than 30 gibbons, living in five separate family groups. The fragile recovery follows decades of work by the Hainan Gibbon Conservation Project, run by the Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden in Hong Kong. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-52842550 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kleng 36 #2 Posted June 5, 2020 It would be really sad for their numbers to decrease again. Hopefully this individual pair can increase them instead. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
