25 Primate Species in Africa, Asia Reported on Brink of Extinction from Deforestation, Hunting

LuAnne Cadd/AP - A baby Grauer's gorilla that had been poached from Kahuzi-Biega National Park is seen at the Senkwekwe Orphan Gorilla Center at Virunga National Park in eastern Congo. Twenty-five species of monkeys, langurs, lemurs and gorillas are on the brink of extinction and need global action to protect them from increasing deforestation and illegal trafficking, researchers said Oct. 15, 2012.

The Washington Post - Associated Press - October 15, 2012

NEW DELHI — Twenty-five species of monkeys, langurs, lemurs and gorillas are on the brink of extinction and need global action to protect them from increasing deforestation and illegal trafficking, researchers said Monday.

The report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature was released at the United Nations’ Convention on Biological Diversity being held in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad.

Conservation efforts have helped several species of primates that are no longer listed as endangered, said the report, prepared every two years by some of the world’s leading primate experts.

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Primates in Peril – Conservationists Reveal the World’s 25 Most Endangered Primates
http://www.conservation.org/newsroom/pressreleases/Pages/Worlds-25-Most-Endangered-Primates-2012.aspx

Primates in Peril – The World’s 25 Most Endangered Primates 2012-2014 (44 page .PDF file)
http://www.conservation.org/Documents/CI_Primates-in-Peril_25-Most-Endangered-Primates_2012-2014.pdf