Saving the Small Apes: Conservation Assessment of Gibbon Species at the 2006 Asian Primate Red List Workshop

摘要: The body of work assembled in this volume makes it clear that gibbons play an important ecological role their environment, but unfortunately both and habitats are decline throughout distribution range. Understanding the threats to wild populations is first step conservation planning. In September 2006, several gibbon researchers were invited participate Asian Primate Red List Workshop Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Thomas Geissmann has prepared excellent report results workshop as pertains (Geissmann 2007), I will only summarize overall conclusions chapter. who assessed status at theWorkshop included Noviar Andayani, Bill Bleisch, Warren Y. Brockelman, Geissmann, Colin P. Groves, Nguyen Manh Ha, Saw Htun, Long Yongcheng, Eric Meijaard, Sanjay Molur, Vincent Nijman, Ben Rawson, Matt Richardson, Jatna Supriatna,Carl Traeholt, RobTimmins, JoeWalston,Danielle J.Whittaker, Jiang Xuelong. assessments resulting from appear 2008 version IUCN List. TheWorldConservationUnion’sRedList Threatened Species (IUCN2008) a comprehensive review threatened taxa across globe. categories for have been evaluated forwhich sufficient data exist are, increasing order risk, Least Concern (LC), Near (NT), Vulnerable (VU), Endangered (EN), Critically (CE), Extinct theWild (EW), (EX). criteria used define each category include small or declining population size geographic range; details guidelines described IUCN’s Categories Criteria (version 3.1: 2001). Sixteen purported species workshop, three which divided into total 12 subspecies. new taxon summarized Table 24.1, with previous (2003