Comments on: A Massive Population Of Gorillas In The Congo Discovered, But 48% Of Primates Are At Risk Of Extinction http://primatology.net/2008/08/06/a-massive-population-of-gorillas-in-the-congo-discovered-but-48-of-primates-are-at-risk-of-extinction/ We ain’t monkeyin’ around here. Fri, 11 May 2012 12:00:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jack Hynes http://primatology.net/2008/08/06/a-massive-population-of-gorillas-in-the-congo-discovered-but-48-of-primates-are-at-risk-of-extinction/#comment-9282 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:29:51 +0000 http://primatology.wordpress.com/?p=357#comment-9282 “In this year’s report, 303 of the 634 primate species are endangered.”

At the moment there are only a few more than 400 species of primates recognised. In the article they talk about “kinds of primates”, which will include sub-species as well.

For further reading: I’ve just updated the conservation status of primates on Wikipedia if anyone’s interested.

]]> By: Caroline http://primatology.net/2008/08/06/a-massive-population-of-gorillas-in-the-congo-discovered-but-48-of-primates-are-at-risk-of-extinction/#comment-9281 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:20:08 +0000 http://primatology.wordpress.com/?p=357#comment-9281 Not to mention that illegal logging rarely really benefits Africans–the big profits go home: to the cities, to the multinationals. A meager wage for driving a logging truck or operating machinery hardly pulls Africans out of the poverty trap, particularly when its a job that undercuts its own future.

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