保护世界灵长类动物及其环境免受灭绝的科学活动:特别号的介绍
Paul A Garber1,2, Francine Dolins3, Susan Lappan4
1Department of Anthropology, and Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
American journal of primatology
|January 29, 2024
概括
迫切需要采取行动来应对灵长类动物灭绝危机,69%的物种受到威胁. 本专题刊物介绍了"行动信",详细介绍了全球灵长类动物的保护策略.
科学领域:
- 保护生物学 保护生物学
- 灵长类动物学 灵长类动物学
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
背景情况:
- 非人类灵长类动物面临着灭绝危机,69%的物种受到威胁,93%的物种正在减少.
- 驱动因素包括人类人口增长,商品需求,森林砍伐,息地转换,基础设施扩张,狩猎和疾病传播.
- 预计气候变化将使灵长类种群的情况恶化.
研究的目的:
- 为了教育和告知灵长类动物学家,环保主义者和公众关于灵长类动物保护的挑战.
- 为个人和团体提出具体行动,以保护野生灵长类动物和促进环境正义.
- 突出灵长类学家在领导生物多样性保护工作中的关键作用.
主要方法:
- 一系列的"行动信"在这个特别号中呈现出来.
- 这些信件专注于特定的灵长类人种和地区,提供保护见解.
- 内容旨在为各种利益相关者提供信息,从科学家到全球公民.
主要成果:
- 特别号面对巴西亚马逊的灵长类动物,马达加斯加的,泰明克的红,夜和长尾的保护挑战.
- 它探讨了灵长类物贸易以及专业能力建设对保护的重要性.
- 提供了个人和集体行动的例子,以支持灵长类动物的持久性.
结论:
- 灵长类动物学家处于一个独特的位置,可以领导当地,国家和国际的生物多样性保护工作.
- 参与宣传和活动对于保护全球野生灵长类动物种群至关重要.
- 必须立即采取集体行动,以避免灵长类动物的灭绝危机.
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