{"id":14062,"date":"2016-02-14T02:43:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-14T02:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=14062"},"modified":"2016-02-14T02:44:13","modified_gmt":"2016-02-14T02:44:13","slug":"according-to-scientists-lemurs-in-madagascar-are-on-the-verge-of-extinction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/according-to-scientists-lemurs-in-madagascar-are-on-the-verge-of-extinction","title":{"rendered":"According To Scientists, Lemurs In Madagascar Are On the Verge of Extinction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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But experts are warning that the primates could go extinct soon.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Political unrest<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lemurs are the most threatened mammalian group on the planet. There are 101 species. And, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the International Union for Conservation of Nature<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, 20 of these species are vulnerable, 48 are endangered, and 22 are critically endangered. Anne Yoder, who led a study on climate change\u2019s effect on the primates, said that the situation was optimistic ten years ago. But then came the 2009 Malagasy political crisis &#8211; which overthrew the president of the country. The unrest in the government has led to a very negative impact on the environment. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;Since the 2009 political crisis the situation on the ground has been grim for the Malagasy people, but also for the lemurs, especially in terms of habitat loss,&#8221; Mitch Irwin of Northern Illinois University said. &#8220;If things don&#8217;t turn around, lemur extinctions will start happening.&#8221; \u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14067\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14067\" style=\"width: 705px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-14067\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/lemur1.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"705\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/lemur1.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/lemur1-600x403.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/lemur1-85x57.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14067\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images-resrc.staticlp.com\/S=W748\/O=75\/https:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/lemur1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Destroying the environment<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Laws designed to protect wildlife habitats are not being properly enforced nor funded. Lemurs are threatened by illegal hunting, logging, mining, and slash-and-burn farming. People living in poverty will often hunt them for their meat. Many park rangers have left Marojejy National Park, and people are cutting down needed rosewood trees. Dr. Christoph Schwitzer, head of research at the Bristol Zoological Society, said that the main threat to the species is habitat destruction:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cMadagascar has lost at least 80% of its original forest cover since human arrival,\u201d he reported. \u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s mainly slash and burn agriculture in Madagascar&#8230; which means chopping down a bit of forest, burning the trees, planting rice on the fertile soil. You can do that maybe for two or three years when the soil isn\u2019t fertile anymore and you move on and do the same a couple of hundred metres down the road.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14066\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14066\" style=\"width: 707px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-14066\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/massif_marojejy_01.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"707\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/massif_marojejy_01.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/massif_marojejy_01-600x402.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/massif_marojejy_01-85x57.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14066\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/5\/52\/Massif_Marojejy_01.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Something needs to change<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Several non-governmental organizations, including World Wide Fund for Nature, Conservation International, and Wildlife Conservation Society, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/story\/2009\/03\/30\/conservationists-fear-for-madagascar-wildlife.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">released a joint statement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;These deplorable acts will only further impoverish the country and deprive future generations of the Malagasy people from their unique natural heritage.\u201d \u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yoder and her team found that the only way for lemurs to survive is if they shift to new environments, which could be hundreds of kilometers away. Northeastern Madagascar is still forested enough for the primates. But those living in the western part of the island have nowhere to go. Schwitzer warned that extinctions can begin soon if nothing is changed &#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong> \u201cOne cyclone or other natural events could wipe out the entire population. In fact, anybody who decides to go out lemur hunting could tip the species over the edge.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14069\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14069\" style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14069\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/p02kw712.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/p02kw712.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/p02kw712-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/p02kw712-85x48.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14069\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/wwfeatures\/624_351\/images\/live\/p0\/2k\/w7\/p02kw712.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/african-lions\" target=\"_blank\">SEE ALSO:\u00a02 African Lion Breeds Are Now Protected Under The U.S Endangered Species Act.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The African island nation Madagascar contains rainforests that encompass thousands of plant and animal species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":14068,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>According To Scientists, Lemurs In Madagascar Are On the Verge of Extinction<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lemurs are 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