ANTANANARIVO — For more than six decades, the International Primatological Society (IPS) has brought scientists, conservationists and educators from around the world together every two years to exchange ideas and drive primate research and conservation. The 30th IPS Congress welcomed nearly 800 participants from around the world to Madagascar, the “Land of Lemurs.” It’s a long-standing tradition of the congress to publish a list of the world’s 25 most threatened primates to draw attention to species at particularly high risk and inspire action to protect them. Drawn up as a collaboration between the IPS, the Primate Specialist Group of the IUCN, the global wildlife conservation authority; and conservation NGO Re:wild, this recurring initiative highlights that more than two in five of the world’s primates were classified as endangered or critically endangered on the IUCN Red List in 2023. Multiple criteria are considered when nominating the most threatened 25, among them geographic and taxonomic representation, uniqueness, and the potential conservation impact of being listed. The endangered Comibra Filho’s titi (Callicebus coimbrai) is threatened by the destruction of its Atlantic Forest habitat in Brazil. This monkey’s range has shrunk to just disconnected fragments totaling around 200 sq km (77 sq mi). Image by Tito Garcez via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0 ) “Listing a species in ‘Primates in Peril’ is a critical call to action,” said Leandro Jerusalinsky, deputy chair of the IUCN’s Primate Specialist Group Neotropics section, “amplifying awareness and galvanizing conservation efforts by targeting governments, donors, and NGOs.” Inza Koné, president…This article was originally published on Mongabay
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