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President Council Editor of Oryx The Rt Hon. Lord Craigton, PC, CBE Dr Mark Collins Dr Jacqui Morris Nicholas Hammond Vice-Presidents Edward Hoare Manuscripts are invited for Dr E. O. A. Asibey (Ghana) Richard Howard consideration for publica- Sir David Attenborough CBE FRS (UK) Dr David Macdonald tion and should be sent to Dr David Bellamy (UK) Christopher Parsons OBE the Editor at FFPS, Dr Gerard A. Bertrand (USA) Professor Paul Racey 1 Kensington Gore, Lt Col C. L. Boyle OBE (UK) Dr Barry Thomas London SW7 2AR. Mervyn Cowie CBE ED (Kenya) Susan Wells The opinions expressed by Ralph Daly OBE (Sultanate of Oman) Roger Wheater OBE authors do not necessarily Gerald Durrell OBE (UK) Dr P. Wyse Jackson reflect the policy of FFPS. Maisie Fitter (UK) Richard Fitter (UK) Membership Cover Grenville Lucas OBE (UK) Oryx is free to members. Atlantic rain forest in Carlos Academician V. E. Sokolov (USSR) Details from the FFPS office. Botelhu State Park, Sao Dr Lee M. Talbot (USA) Paulo State, Brazil {Luiz Members' changes of address Claudio/Bruce Coleman Ltd). Chairman In order to enable us to keep our David M. Jones membership records up to date Colour cover donated by please send any changes direct to: Edward Wright Ltd. Colour Vice-Chairman The Membership Secretary separation donated by Dr David Chivers FFPS, 1 Kensington Gore Masterlith Ltd of Mitcham London SW7 2AR. in Surrey. Honorary Treasurer Edward Wright MBE

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News and Views 1 News and Views 61

Briefly 7 Briefly 69

Parks for people - a case study from the The poisoning of rhinos and tigers in Air Mountains of Niger Nepal John E. Newby 19 Esmond Bradley Martin 82 The status, of endangered primates in Conservation in Equatorial Guinea Gunung Halimun Reserve, Indonesia John E. Fa 80 Karen M. Kool 29 Escalation of threats to marine turtles Status and distribution of Asian elephants Judith Hutchinson and Mark Simmonds 95 in Central Nepal James L. David Smith and Hemanta R. Mishra The Liberian mongoose 34 Mark E. Taylor 103

Marketing patterns of green and Tanzanian coastal forests - unique, hawksbill turtles in Port Moresby, Papua threatened and overlooked New Guinea Douglas Sheil 107 Harold F. Hirth and Deborah L. H. Rohovit 39 A new nature reserve in the Eastern Arc mountains, Tanzania Wildlife conservation problems in the Jon C. Lovett and David C. Moyer 115 Juan Fernandez Archipelago, Chile W. R. P. Bourne, M. de L. Brooke, G. S. ClarkLetters 119 and T. Stone 43 Book Reviews 122 Letters 52 FFPS News 124 Book Reviews 54

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Volume 26 July 1992 Volume 26 October 1992

News and Views 125 News and Views 185

Briefly 130 Briefly 189

Serra da Capivara National Park and the Wildlife massacres in Sudan conservation of north-eastern Brazil's /. L. Cloudsley-Thompson 202 caatinga Fdbio Olmos 142 The Ethiopian wolf - an endangered endemic canid The decline of the Kalahari wildebeest Dada Gottelli and Claudio Sillero-Zubiri C. A. Spinage 147 205

Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary - an Causes of land-bird extinctions in French example of traditional conservation in Polynesia Ghana Roland and Julia Seitre 215 Patrick J.Fargey 151 Primates in Gabon - current status and A glut of gibbons in Sarawak - is distribution rehabilitation the answer? A. Blom, M. P. T. Alers, A. T. C. Feistner, R. Jane Bennett 157 F. W. Barnes and K. L. Barnes 223 The nesting success of green turtles on beaches at Kazanli, Turkey Letters 235 Stephanie }. Coley and Andrew C. Smart 165 Book reviews 237

Letters 172 News from the SSC 240

FFPS News 176 FFPS News 243 Index to Volume 26 245

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