Biodiversity IS Life -- Conservation,Ecosystems,Wildlife,Rivers,Water,Forests

- Conservation International

A new assessment reveals that the country's gibbon populations may soon be lost forever.

In order to effectively protect and restore gibbon populations, a shift in behavior is required. A shift towards greater accountability for protected areas to manage the wildlife that they house. A shift in cultural attitudes that push the purported health benefits of wildlife consumption. And a shift towards greater investment in species conservation so that under-staffed, under-resourced and under-skilled conservation practitioners can do a better job....http://blog.conservation.org/2012/05/fate-of-vietnams-gibbons-hangs-in-the-balance/