The world’s first publication series looking at the threats and dangers facing great apes and gibbons and the opportunities for reconciling economic and social development with biodiversity conservation.
The conservation of the world’s great apes is dependent on an understanding of the threats they face within the broader context of economic and community development. The State of the Apes book series, intended for a broad audience of policymakers, academics, researchers, NGOs, and experts in the conservation field, explores the interrelated factors that affect great apes’ well-being with objectivity, rigor, and relevance. Each book in the series explores a different theme. Here on the site, you can download chapters from the books, watch video interviews with experts in the field, and browse the research and reports that inspired the series.
Volume I: Extractive Industries and Ape Conservation
This, the first in the biennial series, draws attention to the evolving context within which great ape and gibbon habitats increasingly interface with extractive industries. It identifies complementary objectives or mutually acceptable trade-offs and compromises that seek to reconcile ape conservation and welfare with economic and social development.
Read MoreVolume II: Industrial Agriculture and Ape Conservation
In view of rising global demand for food and other products, this volume of State of the Apes examines the evolving interaction between industrial agriculture and the conservation of apes and their habitats. More specifically, it explores the drivers behind agricultural expansion and addresses ways to minimize and mitigate its impact on biodiversity.
Read MoreVolume III: Infrastructure Development and Ape Conservation
Intended for a broad range of policymakers, investors, industry experts, decision makers, academics, researchers and NGOs, this volume examines the evolving interaction between infrastructure development and the conservation of apes and their habitats. It also explores the drivers behind infrastructure expansion and ways to minimize and mitigate its impact on biodiversity.
Read MoreVolume IV: Killing, Capture, Trade and Conservation
This volume focuses on the impact of the killing, capture and trade in apes on ape survival and welfare. It presents in-depth analyses, relevant legal and regulatory frameworks, the cultural and socioeconomic drivers of the trade, and the responses from different stakeholders, including conservation initiatives and enforcement strategies in ape range states.
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