1. Primate Conservation 3: Primates on the brink...

2. Summary Rates of deforestation Causes of deforestation –Agriculture (slash and burn) –Mining –Forestry and forest product use –Influence of these –Hunting Stacey’s lecture- approaches

3. Goals for the week Finish Hunting and Primate Trade What measures are being taken? Conservation quiz National Parks in Action

4. History of Hunting on primates Homo erectus Giant gelada baboons

5. History of Hunting on primates Wiped out on Java since turn of century Orangutans

6. Recent extinction due to hunting Subfossil lemurs (<2000 yrs ago) Miss Waldren’s colobus Africa (last 100 years)

7. Why Hunt? Subsistence Eliminate agricultural pests

8. Crop raiding Wipe out whole populations. Baboons DeBrazza

9. Hunting trends Primates favored in some places (Figure 9.1) But varies- Asia/Madagascar low, higher in New World/Africa (table 9.2)

10. Hunting trends Larger primates over smaller ones. Small bodied Large bodied

11. Types of Hunting Trapped or shot Impact on population will depend on area Relative abundance Forest Condition, Hunting Intensity

12. REASONS Bushmeat (Africa) Live Primates Primate parts Result = High impact on populations

13. Bushmeat West African crisis Empty Forest Syndrome Crisis because…. –Unmonitored –More taken than needed –Not sustainable –No alternative sources –Big $$

14. Congo Example 2% of total carcass count = chimps Another 2% primates 15,000-26,000 carcasses total per year

15. Primate Trade Biomedical needs Pets Zoos Meat trade

16. CITES Convention on the International trade in Endangered species (1975) Graphs 9.4-9.5 in readings.

17. Primate parts Medicinal (Asia) –Tonic –Eyes- cure –Bones- aphrodisiacs –Brains- headaches

18. Primate Parts Tourist trade Ornamental

19. Is Hunting sustainable? Hard to know- see figure 9.7

20. Solutions Reintroduction Gibbons Ruffed lemur orangutan Golden Lion Tamarin

21. National Parks Grassroots approach Health Education, Agriculture Sustainable Development Ecotourism