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Already under pressure from a combination of poaching, logging and disease, the great apes are increasingly feeling the threat posed by further habitat destruction as a consequence of the push to switch from fossil fuels to biofuels. Richard Leakey, the chair of WildlifeDirect and a leading conservationist, has warned that the apes, which include chimpanzees, bonobos, orangutans and gorillas, are facing an “inevitable crisis” and that measures such as financial incentives should be considered to encourage the protection of forests and other vulnerable habitats.

Speaking to a group of journalists, the former director of the Kenyan Wildlife Service said, “I am concern…

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Filed under: Main on May 31st, 2007