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Great Ape Trust's Wich lead author of Oryx paper on continuing orangutan population declines
Date:7/3/2008

Orangutan Conservation Program and the Kinabatangan Orangutan Conservation Project that promote awareness of conservation of forests and the importance of biodiversity:
  • Development of mechanisms to monitor orangutan populations and forest cover, building on those in place on both Borneo and Sumatra;
  • Continuation of surveys in less explored regions; and
  • Continued improvement of survey methodology to include nest-decay rates.

    "All efforts to monitor orangutans, however, will be to no avail unless the decline in numbers is halted, and this requires a change in political will," Wich et al wrote. "It is essential that funding for environmental services reaches the local level and that there is strong law enforcement. Developing a mechanism to ensure these occur is the challenge for the conservation of orangutans."

    Great Ape Trust Director of Conservation Dr. Benjamin Beck said the paper makes a significant contribution to orangutan conservation discussion.

    "First, we have an unambiguous, scientifically rigorous answer when regulators and policymakers ask us how many orangutans really remain, and how that compares to historical population sizes," Beck said. "Those responsible for environmental stewardship cannot hide indecisively behind purported scientific uncertainty.

    "Second, those answers are the results of pooled knowledge of nearly two dozen high-profile investigators who set aside their own professional reputations and agendas to collect data in a standardized format and share the results for a very high, common priority: the literal survival of the species that they study and love," Beck continued. "In addition to being a critical contribution to orangutan conservation, this paper is an exemplar of collaboration among conservation scientists and practitioners."

    Dr. Rob Shumaker, director of orangutan research at Great Ape Trust, said Wich's paper is historically important and verifies the crisis s
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    • Contact: Al Setka
    asetka@greatapetrust.org
    515-720-7430
    Great Ape Trust of Iowa
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