what efforts. ? again, i mjust struggling to see, practically, what your attempt to be a sort of leader on this issue. what practical things can kew gardens do to address the problem of deforestation? well, i ll give you an example. kew can provide evidence, evidence that particular areas are special and merit protection. a good example is the ebo forest in cameroon. it s famous for a number of things, including its extraordinary floristic diversity, but it s also the forest where chimps have been filmed using tools to break nuts, for instance. and kew provided the evidence to the cameroonian government that this particular area had an extraordinary number of endemic and endangered plants, and partly based on the evidence submitted by kew, the cameroonian government decided to protect that area from any future logging or degradation. and what s your position on reforestation? because, again, you speak with the authority of kew behind you. and i note, around the world, there are some go
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¿Seremos capaces una vez más de cometer un genocidio de exterminio contra las poblaciones de grandes simios que aún viven en libertad? ¿Seremos capaces de tomar medidas concretas y declarar su protección en los altos organismos mundiales? ¿Tan difícil es comprender la importancia de su existencia?. Si ellos desaparecen y no logramos su protección, nosotros seremos los siguientes.
Por Pedro Pozas Terrados
17 de julio, 2021.- Los grandes simios (orangutanes, bonobos, gorilas y chimpancés), han caminado junto a nosotros el mismo recorrido en miles de años de evolución. Tenemos un mismo ancestro común, hemos y estamos compartiendo el mismo hábitat y enfrentados a los mismos peligros en una Tierra cambiante y llena de incertidumbre, en la que en numerosas ocasiones nuestros linajes han compartido también, a lo largo de la historia, el mismo camino de aprendizaje y evolución. El Homo Sapiens sapiens se hizo con la coronación del reino animal y más tarde colonizó todos
The tropical Ebo Forest in Southwest Cameroon is known for its unique ecosystem and for being a home to endangered and rare species. However, in early 2020, the Cameroon government approved the creation of logging concessions in the forest. SciDev.Net published a story about the threat posed by the concessions to the communities and wildlife of the forest. By August 2020, the concessions had been cancelled. Local NGO Foder believes media attention, including SciDev.Net’s article, played an important role in this cancellation.
Trying to keep loggers out of Cameroon s Ebo Forest
Environmental activists in Cameroon are fighting to ensure that no logging licenses are issued for the Ebo Forest in order to protect the native plants and gorilla species that only live there.
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