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Primates and conservation priorities in Madagascar

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Jon I. Pollock
Jon I. Pollock
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25 Florence Park, Westbury Park, Bristol BS6 7LS, UK.
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Madagascar's conservation problems are many, but the Malagasy Government is working towards solutions, having recently passed into law a strategy that links development with the conservation of natural resources. The protection of the country's remaining forests is a key concern, both for the human population and for the non-human primates. The author is a primatologist and has a research background in behavioural ecology, reproduction and conservation, especially with prosimians. This article was first presented at the joint Primate Society of Great Britain/FFPS meeting on primate conservation in December 1985.

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Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 20 , Issue 4 , October 1986 , pp. 209 - 216
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Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1986

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