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Great Apes Summit – Illegal Trade
An estimated 3,000 great apes are lost from the wild to the global illicit live trade each year, and many wind up smuggled, shipped, and sold. Naftali Honig runs the wildlife enforcement project PALF in Congo, together with other activists they have set up a new organisation – Eagle Network which spans 6 African countries. […]
Great Apes Summit – Palm Oil
September 23, 2013
The profitability of palm oil has fueled a global ago-industrial surge that has devastated vast areas of orangutan habitat in Asia. It now threatens great ape forests in Africa. I spoke to some of the world’s leading experts in conservation on whether there is a sustainable way to meet the popular demand of this crop.
Great Apes Summit – Disease in apes and humans
September 23, 2013
Genetic similarities between great apes and humans leaves both susceptible to deadly diseases. It’s a dilemma which is exacerbated by human encroachment, bushmeat hunting and illegal trade. I spoke to Dr Gladys Kalema Zikusoka and Dr Dominic Travis to ask them how do we protect both populations.
Great Apes Summit – Extractive Industries
September 23, 2013
Great ape habitat in Africa and Asia harbours some of the world’s most valuable resources, but their extraction often destroys forests, drives human encroachment, and fuels illegal trade. Is there any way to balance the conservation of great apes with the harvesting of natural resources? I spoke to a mining industry consultant Barbara Filas and […]
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