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UNESCO, People Biodiversity and Ecology
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UNESCO, People Biodiversity and Ecology
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UNESCO, People Biodiversity and Ecology
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Great apes conservation and sustainable use of tropical forest resources:
Workshop in Yokohama, Japan. On 27 May 2005, the International Tropical
Timber Organization and the Great Apes Survival Project met in Yokohama,
Japan. The workshop targeted "The sustainable use of tropical forest
resources and the conservation of great apes - GRASP (Great Apes Survival
Project)". The report sums up experts' presentations and suggestions
for future actions to improve the chances of survival of great apes.
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Great apes are iconic and flagship species
In all of the 23 range states of great apes, tropical and sub-tropical
forests provide critical habitats. The survival of human populations
inhabiting such forests depends on the sustainable use regimes of
those forests, and the protection of critical habitats of the great
apes.
In Yokohama, specialists from the Great
Apes Survival Project and the United Nations International Tropical
Timber Organization (ITTO) exchanged strategic information and set
path for future collaborative work.
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Exploring key topics
The report of the Workshop includes experts' presentations, spanning:
- Conservation and sustainable use of tropical ecosystems and
habitats: the case of great apes conservation - an opportunity
for UN-ITTO co-operation (by Natarajan Ishwaran, UNESCO)
- Conservation of orangutans and the importance of Kutai National
Park (by Akira Suzuki, Japan Indonesia Orangutan Research and
Conservation Committee, GRASP-Japan)
- Japanese efforts for the international conservation activities
of great apes (by Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Professor, Primate Research
Institute, Kyoto University, Japan, GRASP, IUCN)
- Sustainable use of tropical forest resources and biodiversity
conservation, with particular reference to great apes (Emmanuel
Ze Meka, ITTO)
At the conclusion, UNESCO and ITTO agreed to pursue collaboration
and drafted actions that may improve the chances of survival of
great apes populations and habitats.
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08/08/2008
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