Title
A road for a promising future for China’s primates: The
potential for restoration
Author(s)
Chapman, Colin A.
Published
2018
Publisher
Zoological Research
Abstract
China is one of the most dynamic countries of
the world and it shelters some amazing levels of
biodiversity, including some very special primate
species. However, primarily as a result of forest
loss, most of which occurred in historical times,
approximately 70% of China’s primate species have
less than 3 000 individuals. Here I evaluate one
road for future conservation/development that could
produce very positive gains for China’s primates;
namely forest restoration. I argue that for a large
scale restoration project to be possible two conditions
must be met; the right societal conditions must exist
and the right knowledge must be in hand. This
evaluation suggests that the restoration of native
forest to support many of China’s primates holds
great potential to advance conservation goals and
to promote primate population recovery
Keywords
Conservation; Forest restoration; Regeneration; Primate population dynamics; landscape; gibbons; food; province; langurs; habitat; monkeys
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