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EAZA Best Practice Guidelines Bonobo (Pan Paniscus)
EAZA Best Practice Guidelines Bonobo (Pan paniscus) Editors: Dr Jeroen Stevens Contact information: Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp – K. Astridplein 26 – B 2018 Antwerp, Belgium Email: [email protected] Name of TAG: Great Ape TAG TAG Chair: Dr. María Teresa Abelló Poveda – Barcelona Zoo [email protected] Edition: First edition - 2020 1 2 EAZA Best Practice Guidelines disclaimer Copyright (February 2020) by EAZA Executive Office, Amsterdam. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in hard copy, machine-readable or other forms without advance written permission from the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA). Members of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) may copy this information for their own use as needed. The information contained in these EAZA Best Practice Guidelines has been obtained from numerous sources believed to be reliable. EAZA and the EAZA APE TAG make a diligent effort to provide a complete and accurate representation of the data in its reports, publications, and services. However, EAZA does not guarantee the accuracy, adequacy, or completeness of any information. EAZA disclaims all liability for errors or omissions that may exist and shall not be liable for any incidental, consequential, or other damages (whether resulting from negligence or otherwise) including, without limitation, exemplary damages or lost profits arising out of or in connection with the use of this publication. Because the technical information provided in the EAZA Best Practice Guidelines can easily be misread or misinterpreted unless properly analysed, EAZA strongly recommends that users of this information consult with the editors in all matters related to data analysis and interpretation. -
Congolius, a New Genus of African Reed Frog Endemic to The
www.nature.com/scientificreports OPEN Congolius, a new genus of African reed frog endemic to the central Congo: A potential case of convergent evolution Tadeáš Nečas1,2*, Gabriel Badjedjea3, Michal Vopálenský4 & Václav Gvoždík1,5* The reed frog genus Hyperolius (Afrobatrachia, Hyperoliidae) is a speciose genus containing over 140 species of mostly small to medium-sized frogs distributed in sub-Saharan Africa. Its high level of colour polymorphism, together with in anurans relatively rare sexual dichromatism, make systematic studies more difcult. As a result, the knowledge of the diversity and taxonomy of this genus is still limited. Hyperolius robustus known only from a handful of localities in rain forests of the central Congo Basin is one of the least known species. Here, we have used molecular methods for the frst time to study the phylogenetic position of this taxon, accompanied by an analysis of phenotype based on external (morphometric) and internal (osteological) morphological characters. Our phylogenetic results undoubtedly placed H. robustus out of Hyperolius into a common clade with sympatric Cryptothylax and West African Morerella. To prevent the uncovered paraphyly, we place H. robustus into a new genus, Congolius. The review of all available data suggests that the new genus is endemic to the central Congolian lowland rain forests. The analysis of phenotype underlined morphological similarity of the new genus to some Hyperolius species. This uniformity of body shape (including cranial shape) indicates that the two genera have either retained ancestral morphology or evolved through convergent evolution under similar ecological pressures in the African rain forests. African reed frogs, Hyperoliidae Laurent, 1943, are presently encompassing almost 230 species in 17 genera. -
Bonobo (Pan Paniscus)
Bonobo (Pan paniscus) Conservation Strategy 2012–2022 About IUCN IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, helps the world find pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges. IUCN’s work focuses on valuing and conserving nature, ensuring effective and equitable governance of its use, and deploying nature- based solutions to global challenges in climate, food and development. IUCN supports scientific research, manages field projects all over the world, and brings governments, NGOs, the UN and companies together to develop policy, laws and best practice. IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental organization, with more than 1,200 government and NGO Members and almost 11,000 volunteer experts in some 160 countries. IUCN’s work is supported by over 1,000 staff in 45 offices and hundreds of partners in public, NGO and private sectors around the world. IUCN Species Survival Commission The Species Survival Commission (SSC) is the largest of IUCN’s six volunteer commissions with a global membership of 8,000 experts. SSC advises IUCN and its members on the wide range of technical and scientific aspects of species conservation and is dedicated to securing a future for biodiversity. SSC has significant input into the international agreements dealing with biodiversity conservation. www.iucn.org/themes/ssc IUCN Species Programme The IUCN Species Programme supports the activities of the IUCN Species Survival Commission and individual Specialist Groups, as well as implementing global species conservation initiatives. It is an integral part of the IUCN Secretariat and is managed from IUCN’s international headquarters in Gland, Switzerland. -
Reference Guide
Reference Guide A practical tool to support implementation of the Wildlife Trade Regulations of the European Union December 2020 This is a revised and updated version, based on the previous edition of the Reference Guide to the European Union Wildlife Trade Regulations originally produced in 1998 by the European Commission, TRAFFIC Europe and WWF. Support from UNEP-WCMC to this revision is gratefully acknowledged. This document does not necessarily represent the opinion of the European Commission and is not a legal interpretation of European Union legislation. The contents of this document may be freely reproduced provided that the source is adequately recorded: European Commission and TRAFFIC (2020). Reference Guide to the European Union Wildlife Trade Regulations. Brussels, Belgium. More details and information relating to the implementation and enforcement of CITES and the EU Wildlife Trade Regulations can be found on the website of the European Commission or by contacting the relevant authorities in EU Member States. Reference Guide to the European Union Wildlife Trade Regulations (December 2020) 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES ......................................................................................... 7 1. HOW DO I USE THIS GUIDE? ........................................................................................ 9 2. WHAT SPECIES ARE COVERED BY THE REGULATIONS, AND IN WHAT WAY? ............. 12 2.1 The CITES Appendices ........................................................................................................................... -
AFRICAN PRIMATES the Journal of the Africa Section of the IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group
Volume 9 2014 ISSN 1093-8966 AFRICAN PRIMATES The Journal of the Africa Section of the IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group Editor-in-Chief: Janette Wallis PSG Chairman: Russell A. Mittermeier PSG Deputy Chair: Anthony B. Rylands Red List Authorities: Sanjay Molur, Christoph Schwitzer, and Liz Williamson African Primates The Journal of the Africa Section of the IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group ISSN 1093-8966 African Primates Editorial Board IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group Janette Wallis – Editor-in-Chief Chairman: Russell A. Mittermeier Deputy Chair: Anthony B. Rylands University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK USA Simon Bearder Vice Chair, Section on Great Apes:Liz Williamson Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK Vice-Chair, Section on Small Apes: Benjamin M. Rawson R. Patrick Boundja Regional Vice-Chairs – Neotropics Wildlife Conservation Society, Congo; Univ of Mass, USA Mesoamerica: Liliana Cortés-Ortiz Thomas M. Butynski Andean Countries: Erwin Palacios and Eckhard W. Heymann Sustainability Centre Eastern Africa, Nanyuki, Kenya Brazil and the Guianas: M. Cecília M. Kierulff, Fabiano Rodrigues Phillip Cronje de Melo, and Maurício Talebi Jane Goodall Institute, Mpumalanga, South Africa Regional Vice Chairs – Africa Edem A. Eniang W. Scott McGraw, David N. M. Mbora, and Janette Wallis Biodiversity Preservation Center, Calabar, Nigeria Colin Groves Regional Vice Chairs – Madagascar Christoph Schwitzer and Jonah Ratsimbazafy Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Michael A. Huffman Regional Vice Chairs – Asia Kyoto University, Inuyama, -
Water Level Fluctuations in the Congo Basin Derived from ENVISAT Satellite Altimetry
Remote Sens. 2014, 6, 9340-9358; doi:10.3390/rs6109340 OPEN ACCESS remote sensing ISSN 2072-4292 www.mdpi.com/journal/remotesensing Article Water Level Fluctuations in the Congo Basin Derived from ENVISAT Satellite Altimetry Mélanie Becker 1,*, Joecila Santos da Silva 2, Stéphane Calmant 3, Vivien Robinet 1, Laurent Linguet 1 and Frédérique Seyler 4 1 UAG/ESPACE-DEV, Route de Montabo, Cayenne 97300, French Guiana; E-Mails: [email protected] (V.R.); [email protected] (L.L.) 2 UEA/CESTU, Av. Djalma Batista 3578, Manaus 69058-807, Brazil; E-Mail: [email protected] 3 IRD/LEGOS, 14 Av. Edouard Belin, Toulouse 31400, France; E-Mail: [email protected] 4 IRD/ESPACE-DEV, Route de Montabo, Cayenne 97300, French Guiana; E-Mail: [email protected] * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: [email protected]; Tel.: +594-(0)-594-299-277; Fax: +594-(0)-594-319-855. External Editors: Benjamin Koetz, Zoltan Vekerdy, Massimo Menenti, Diego Fernández-Prieto, Richard Gloaguen, Prasad S. Thenkabail Received: 16 May 2014; in revised form: 4 September 2014 / Accepted: 10 September 2014 / Published: 29 September 2014 Abstract: In the Congo Basin, the elevated vulnerability of food security and the water supply implies that sustainable development strategies must incorporate the effects of climate change on hydrological regimes. However, the lack of observational hydro-climatic data over the past decades strongly limits the number of studies investigating the effects of climate change in the Congo Basin. We present the largest altimetry-based dataset of water levels ever constituted over the entire Congo Basin. -
A Diminutive Pliocene Guenon from Kanapoi, West Turkana, Kenya
Journal of Human Evolution xxx (xxxx) xxx Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Human Evolution journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jhevol A diminutive Pliocene guenon from Kanapoi, West Turkana, Kenya * J. Michael Plavcan a, , Carol V. Ward b, Richard F. Kay c, Fredrick K. Manthi d a Department of Anthropology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 72701, USA b Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, M263 Medical Sciences Building, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65212, USA c Department of Evolutionary Anthropology and Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Duke University, Box 90383, Durham, NC, 27708, USA d Department of Earth Sciences, National Museums of Kenya, P.O. Box 40658, Nairobi, Kenya article info abstract Article history: Although modern guenons are diverse and abundant in Africa, the fossil record of this group is sur- Received 15 May 2018 prisingly sparse. In 2012 the West Turkana Paleo Project team recovered two associated molar teeth of a Accepted 22 May 2019 small primate from the Pliocene site of Kanapoi, West Turkana, Kenya. The teeth are bilophodont and the Available online xxx third molar lacks a hypoconulid, which is diagnostic for Cercopithecini. The teeth are the same size as those of extant Miopithecus, which is thought to be a dwarfed guenon, as well as a partial mandible Keywords: preserving two worn teeth, previously recovered from Koobi Fora, Kenya, which was also tentatively Miopithecus identified as a guenon possibly allied with Miopithecus. Tooth size and proportions, as well as analysis of Nanopithecus Cercopithecini relative cusp size and shearing crest development clearly separate the fossil from all known guenons. -
61(2-3) 2015 Bulletin Des Séances Mededelingen Der Zittingen
Bulletin des Séances CONTENTS Mededelingen der Zittingen Scientific Papers Section of Human Sciences: B. OVERLAET. — Belgian Excavations at Mleiha, Sharjah (UAE) 2009-2013 ................... 249 E. CORNELISSEN. — Archaeological Research in the Equatorial Forest in the Democratic Académie Royale Republic of Congo ........................................................................................................ 269 A. MOTINGEA M ANGULU. — Language Decline and Linguistic Convergence in the Congo Central Basin ................................................................................................................. 299 des Sciences d’Outre-Mer Section of Natural and Medical Sciences: O. MICHEL. — Indoor Pollution by Biomass and Chronic Respiratory Diseases: The Case Sous la Haute Protection du Roi of Vietnam ..................................................................................................................... 375 M. GÉRARD. — Ebola Viral Disease: Virological, Clinical Aspects and Hospital Manage- ment Plan for an Imported Case in Belgium in 2015 .................................................... 381 M.-P. FAUCON et al . — Implications of Soil-Plant Relationships in Ecological Engineer- ing of Degraded Metalliferous Habitats and Soils: The Case of Copper-rich Habitats Koninklijke Academie in Katanga (Democratic Republic of Congo) ................................................................ 391 S. GEERTS . — Elimination of Taenia solium Cysticercosis through Vaccination of Pigs: A Realistic Option? ...................................................................................................... -
AFRICAN PRIMATES the Journal of the Africa Section of the IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group
Volume 8 2013 ISSN 1093-8966 AFRICAN PRIMATES The Journal of the Africa Section of the IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group Editor-in-Chief: Janette Wallis PSG Chairman: Russell A. Mittermeier PSG Deputy Chair: Anthony B. Rylands Red List Authorities: Sanjay Molur, Christoph Schwitzer, and Liz Williamson African Primates The Journal of the Africa Section of the IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group ISSN 1093-8966 African Primates Editorial Board IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group Janette Wallis – Editor-in-Chief Chairman: Russell A. Mittermeier Deputy Chair: Anthony B. Rylands University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK USA Simon Bearder Vice Chair, Section on Great Apes:Liz Williamson Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK Vice-Chair, Section on Small Apes: Benjamin M. Rawson R. Patrick Boundja Regional Vice-Chairs – Neotropics Wildlife Conservation Society, Congo; Univ of Mass, USA Mesoamerica: Liliana Cortés-Ortiz Thomas M. Butynski Andean Countries: Erwin Palacios and Eckhard W. Heymann Sustainability Centre Eastern Africa, Nanyuki, Kenya Brazil and the Guianas: M. Cecília M. Kierulff, Fabiano Rodrigues Phillip Cronje de Melo, and Maurício Talebi Jane Goodall Institute, Mpumalanga, South Africa Regional Vice Chairs – Africa Edem A. Eniang W. Scott McGraw, David N. M. Mbora, and Janette Wallis Biodiversity Preservation Center, Calabar, Nigeria Colin Groves Regional Vice Chairs – Madagascar Christoph Schwitzer and Jonah Ratsimbazafy Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Michael A. Huffman Regional Vice Chairs – Asia Kyoto University, Inuyama, -
The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in Central Africa
THE S THE STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION T A OF FRESHWATER BIODIVERSITY T U S IN CENTRAL AFRICA AND Brooks, E.G.E., Allen, D.J. and Darwall, W.R.T. D I st RIBU T ION OF F RE S HWA T ER B IODIVER S I T Y IN CEN CENTRAL AFRICA CENTRAL T RAL AFRICA INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE WORLD HEADQUARTERS Rue Mauverney 28 1196 Gland Switzerland Tel: + 41 22 999 0000 Fax: + 41 22 999 0020 www.iucn.org/species www.iucnredlist.org The IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM Regional Assessment About IUCN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ – Regional Assessment IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, helps the world find pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development Africa challenges. The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in Eastern Africa. Compiled by William R.T. Darwall, Kevin IUCN works on biodiversity, climate change, energy, human livelihoods and greening the world economy by supporting scientific research, managing G. Smith, Thomas Lowe and Jean-Christophe Vié, 2005. field projects all over the world, and bringing governments, NGOs, the UN and companies together to develop policy, laws and best practice. The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in Southern Africa. Compiled by William R.T. Darwall, IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental organization, Kevin G. Smith, Denis Tweddle and Paul Skelton, 2009. with more than 1,000 government and NGO members and almost 11,000 volunteer experts in some 160 countries. IUCN’s work is supported by over The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in Western Africa. -
Understanding Bushmeat Hunting in the Congo Rainforest
Understanding bushmeat hunting in the Congo rainforest By Aida Cuni Sanchez, 5th March 2020 Hunting of local wildlife for human consumption (bushmeat) is a major threat to biodiversity in many protected areas. In areas such as the rainforests of the Congo Basin where the presence of tsetse flies limits cattle rearing, bushmeat is the most important source of protein, iron and fat. Our study explored the reasons why people hunt in these areas and investigated how this threat to wildlife populations can be reduced. Lomami National Park was created in 2016 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in an area where three unique primates occur: the bonobo Pan paniscus, the Dryas monkey Cercopithecus dryas, which was previously known only from one other park, and the Lesula monkey Cercopithecus lomamiensis, which is endemic to Lomami. The Park is also home to forest elephants and okapis, among other animals. Left: Lomami National Park. Right: Lesula monkeys Cercopithecus lomamiensis, endemic to Lomami. Photo: Hart et al. (2012). Although the Park managers were familiar with the exceptional wildlife found within the Park, they were eager to determine which species people preferred to consume and sell, which were most threatened by hunting, and whether there were any local taboos regarding what kinds of animals can and cannot be hunted. To help answer these questions, we used a participatory research approach. We visited 24 villages in the area that are inhabited by people belonging to various ethnic groups and asked members of local communities which species they preferred to eat, which sold for the highest prices in urban markets, and which they thought had become scarce because of overhunting. -
Lesula: a New Species of Cercopithecus Monkey Endemic to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Implications for Conservation of Congo’S Central Basin
City University of New York (CUNY) CUNY Academic Works Publications and Research Hunter College 2012 Lesula: A New Species of Cercopithecus Monkey Endemic to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Implications for Conservation of Congo’s Central Basin John A. Hart Lukuru Wildlife Research Foundation Kate M. Detwiler Florida Atlantic University Christopher C. Gilbert CUNY Hunter College Andrew S. Burrell New York University James L. Fuller New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology See next page for additional authors How does access to this work benefit ou?y Let us know! More information about this work at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_pubs/158 Discover additional works at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu This work is made publicly available by the City University of New York (CUNY). Contact: [email protected] Authors John A. Hart, Kate M. Detwiler, Christopher C. Gilbert, Andrew S. Burrell, James L. Fuller, Maurice Emetshu, Terese B. Hart, Ashley Vosper, Eric J. Sargis, and Anthony J. Tosi This article is available at CUNY Academic Works: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_pubs/158 Lesula: A New Species of Cercopithecus Monkey Endemic to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Implications for Conservation of Congo’s Central Basin John A. Hart1,2, Kate M. Detwiler3*, Christopher C. Gilbert4,5, Andrew S. Burrell6, James L. Fuller5,7, Maurice Emetshu1, Terese B. Hart1,2, Ashley Vosper8, Eric J. Sargis2,9, Anthony J. Tosi6 1 Lukuru Wildlife Research Foundation, Kinshasa, Gombe, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2 Division of Vertebrate