We are waiting for the detailed Red List of threatened lemurs from the ICUN Conference held in Madagascar this month. Either way, our lemur friends are in desperate need of our help! Stay tuned for the break down and other important information... "Of the 103 species, 24 are now listed as ‘Critically Endangered’, 49 are ‘Endangered’ and 20 are ‘Vulnerable’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. This equates to almost 94 percent of the world’s lemur species, for which sufficient data were available to enable their assessment against Red List criteria. Lemurs are in danger of becoming extinct due to the destruction of their tropical forest habitat on their native island of Madagascar, off Africa’s Indian Ocean coast, through subsistence agriculture and illegal logging. Lemurs are also increasingly hunted for food."
Posted on: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 15:42:47 +0000
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