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Traveling from Ecuador to Africa, Jane Goodall takes the audience on an ecological journey, discussing highlights and low points of her experiences in the jungle.
She shows how progress is helping research (DNA analysis) and hurting the environment (clear-cutting). And she draws a dozen parallels between primate and human behaviour, making [...]
Filed under: Primates | Tagged: africa, behaviour, ecuador, jane goodall, primate, talk, TED | 1 Comment »
Dutch ecologist Willie Smits says he will never forget the day in October 1989 when he saw the desperately sad eyes of an orangutan baby looking at him from a dark cage on a market in the Indonesian seaport of Balikpapan.
Smits was so disturbed that he returned to the market that same evening, just in [...]
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The State University of New York and East Stroudsburg University are running Primate Behaviour and Conservation Field Courses in their research centre in North-East Costa Rica. The course is aimed at undergraduates or early level graduates who have little or no experience in the field, and 3 separate courses are being run over Winter and [...]
Filed under: Volunteer | Tagged: , behaviour, conservation, costa rica, course, field techniques, primate | 1 Comment »
A new scheme has been put into place in Tanjung Puting National Park, Indonesia, to help curb the massive illegal logging problem. The park covers 416,000 hectares and is home to 4000 Orangutans, 30 other mammal species, 260 bird species and 17 different reptiles.
A new network of guard posts has been set up to enable [...]
Filed under: Conservation | Tagged: illegal logging, Indonesia, national park, orangutans, rainforest conservation, tanjug puting | Leave a Comment »
