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African great apes predicted to suffer massive range declines in the next 30 years, with the greatest loss in unprotected areas

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June 07, 2021
African great apes predicted to suffer massive range declines in the next 30 years, with the greatest loss in unprotected areas
Read the study   A new study published in the journal Diversity and Distributions predicts massive range declines of Africa’s great apes – gorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos – due to the impacts of climate change, land-use changes and human population growth. For their analysis, the authors compiled information on African ape occurrence held in the IUCN SSC A.P.E.S. database, a repository that includes a remarkable amount of information on population stat...

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Tags: gorillas, Conservation science, Protected areas, Chimpanzees