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SUMMARY:Past\, present\, and future of orangutan conservation - Serge Wich
  (Liverpool John Moores University)
DTSTART:20180502T153000Z
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CONTACT:Jaap Saers
DESCRIPTION:Orangutans are the only great ape taxon occurring in Asia. Alt
 hough they occurred on mainland Asia in the past they are now confined to 
 the islands of Borneo and Sumatra. In this presentation I will discuss the
  past reduction and current status of the orangutan as well as provide som
 e thoughts on the future of the orangutan.\n\nDue to the description of a 
 new orangutan species on Sumatra (the Tapanuli orangutan) in 2017 there no
 w are two orangutan species on Sumatra and one on Borneo. Recent estimates
  for all three species indicate steep declines in numbers. These declines 
 are due to habitat loss\, fragmentation\, degradation and hunting for food
  and killing during human-orangutan conflict. Conserving orangutans in the
  Anthropocene will require rethinking our conservation. Such strategies ne
 ed to be informed by studies on orangutan behavioural ecology and variatio
 n between populations and species as well as an acknowledgement that hunti
 ng and killing of orangutans during human-orangutan conflicts needs to be 
 addressed. Future conservation of orangutans will need commitment from loc
 al communities\, governments\, companies\, consumers\, and scientists.
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, Henry Wellcome Building\, Division of Biological A
 nthropology\, Fitzwilliam Street\, Cambridge\, CB2 3QG
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