Orangutan survival is threatened by habitat loss and illegal killing. Most wild populations will
disappear over the next few decades unless threats are abated. Saving orangutans is …

Human activities, especially conversion and degradation of habitats, are causing global
biodiversity declines. How local ecological assemblages are responding is less clear—a …

Original habitat of animal species is being destroyed at an accelerating rate. This is usually
associated with an alteration of the remaining habitat, which becomes degraded and/or …

Southeast Asia experiences one of the highest rates of deforestation in the tropics due to
agricultural expansion, logging, habitat fragmentation and urbanization, which are expected …

Biodiversity continues to decline in the face of increasing anthropogenic pressures such as
habitat destruction, exploitation, pollution and introduction of alien species. Existing global …

Abstract The PREDICTS project—Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing
Terrestrial Systems (https://www. nhm. ac. uk/our-science/our-work/biodiversity/predicts …

In recognition of the fact that orang-utans (Pongo spp.) are severely threatened, a meeting of
orang-utan experts and conservationists, representatives of national and regional …

From the website: The IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group is publishing new guidelines for
surveys and monitoring of great ape populations. These guidelines address a need which …

This book describes one of our closest relatives, the orangutan, and the only extant great
ape in Asia. It is increasingly clear that orangutan populations show extensive variation in …

For many threatened species the rate and drivers of population decline are difficult to assess
accurately: species' surveys are typically restricted to small geographic areas, are conducted …