Conservation and the Current Status of the Golden Langur in Assam, India, with Reference to Bhutan

Horwich, Robert H.; Das, Raju; Bose, Arnab

doi:10.1896/052.027.0104

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“…More funding and improved management of existing PAs is required to successfully meet conservation targets (Gray et al, 2016;Waldron et al, 2013;Watson et al, 2014) and all types of private/communal PAs should appear in national strategies and action plans (Butchart et al, 2015). The additional coverage provided to Threatened species and ecoregions by private/communal PAs could provide increased protection in priority areas where traditional, large, state PAs are not viable (Butchart et al, 1995;Horwich et al, 2013;Horwich et al, 2015;Shanee et al, 2014). It must be highlighted that we did not include any measure of quality of protection or management in this study.…”

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Protected area coverage of threatened vertebrates and ecoregions in Peru: Comparison of communal, private and state reserves

Shanee

Monteferri³

et al. 2017

Journal of Environmental Management

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Protected areas (PAs) are a conservation mainstay and arguably the most effective conservation strategy for species protection. As a 'megadiverse' country, Peru is a priority for conservation actions. Peruvian legislation allows for the creation of state PAs and private/communal PAs. Using publicly available species distribution and protected area data sets we evaluated the coverage of Threatened terrestrial vertebrate species distributions and ecoregions provided by both kinds of PA in Peru. Peru's state PA system covers 217,879 km and private/communal PAs cover 16,588 km. Of the 462 species of Threatened and Data Deficient species we evaluated, 75% had distributions that overlapped with at least one PA but only 53% had ≥10% of their distributions within PAs, with inclusion much reduced at higher coverage targets. Of the species we evaluated, 118 species are only found in national PAs and 29 species only found in private/communal PAs. Of the 17 terrestrial ecoregions found in Peru all are represented in PAs; the national PA system included coverage of 16 and private/communal PAs protect 13. One ecoregion is only protected in private/communal PAs, whereas four are only covered in national PAs. Our results show the important role private/communal PAs can play in the protection of ecological diversity.

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Protected area coverage of threatened vertebrates and ecoregions in Peru: Comparison of communal, private and state reserves

Shanee

Monteferri³

et al. 2017

Journal of Environmental Management

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“…Golden langurs are totally protected (i.e., afforded maximum protection) under Schedule I of the Forest and Nature Conservation Act of Bhutan 1995 (Wangchuk, ) and the Indian Wildlife Act of 1972 (Horwich, Das, & Bose, ). They are important seed dispersers and supplementary prey for wild predators (Wang & Macdonald, ), but are severely threatened by habitat fragmentation (Roy & Nagarajan, ).…”

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Understanding primate‐human interaction: Socioeconomic correlates of local awareness and attitude toward the endangered golden langur Trachypithecus geei (Khajuria, 1956) in Bhutan

Thinley

Rajaratnam

Tighe

et al. 2019

American J Primatol

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Despite the golden langur's (Trachypithecus geei) endangered and totally protected status, local awareness and attitude toward this species is poorly understood. We investigated local awareness and attitude in Bhutan by interviewing 1,143 households in the districts of Dagana, Sarpang, Trongsa, Tsirang, and Zhemgang, and analyzing data through a conditional inference tree analysis. Most respondents were not aware of the golden langur's nationally protected (53%; n = 604) and globally endangered status (64%; n = 730), but their location of residence (inside/outside a protected area; p < .001) and education level (p < .001) significantly influenced awareness. The majority of respondents (87%; n = 999) liked the golden langur but

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“…The establishment of protected national reserves and the enforcement of strict conservation laws across the species distribution are primary factors contributing to its population increase (Zhao et al, ). Finally, the Golden Langur Conservation Project ( Trachypithecus geei ), an organized self‐help based effort by the Indian government and NGOs to educate, encourage, and support 18 local villages in organizing conservation and forest protection groups, has resulted in an increase in the langur population from 1,500 in 1997 to approximately 5,600 by 2012 (Horwich, Das, & Bose, ). These are just a few examples in which group‐based active engagement and local or community‐level sustained conservation efforts have proven effective in protecting primate populations and their habitats (Kumsap & Indanon, ).…”

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Distinguished primatologist address—moving from advocacy to activism: Changing views of primate field research and conservation over the past 40 years

Garber

2019

American J Primatol

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Field studies of wild nonhuman primates have grown exponentially over the past 40 years and our knowledge of primate behavior, ecology, and social, and mating systems has expanded greatly. However, we are facing a major extinction crisis with some 60% of all primate species listed as threatened and more than 75% of species with declining populations. The primary factor driving primate population decline is human population increase, which over the past 50 years has resulted in the unsustainable conversion and degradation of natural landscapes for industrial agriculture, the production of nonagricultural commodities for international trade, pastureland for cattle, dam construction, fossil fuel exploration, mining, and the construction of road networks and infrastructure to support large urban centers.

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Conservation and the Current Status of the Golden Langur in Assam, India, with Reference to Bhutan

Cited by 21 publications

References 11 publications

Protected area coverage of threatened vertebrates and ecoregions in Peru: Comparison of communal, private and state reserves

Protected area coverage of threatened vertebrates and ecoregions in Peru: Comparison of communal, private and state reserves

Understanding primate‐human interaction: Socioeconomic correlates of local awareness and attitude toward the endangered golden langur Trachypithecus geei (Khajuria, 1956) in Bhutan

Distinguished primatologist address—moving from advocacy to activism: Changing views of primate field research and conservation over the past 40 years

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