Sharing space: can ethnoprimatology contribute to the survival of nonhuman primates in human-dominated globalized landscapes?
✍ Scribed by P.C. Lee
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 82 KB
- Volume
- 72
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0275-2565
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
The emerging discipline of ethnoprimatology has at its core the construct that humans and nonhuman primates share a planet, an evolutionary history and a “primate perspective” on the world; more simply stated ethnoprimatolgy suggests that humans have perspectives on nonhuman primates which can contribute positively to the primates' enduring survival in our increasingly human‐dominated landscapes. Here, I explore whether humans can or do contribute positively to the conservation of nonhuman primates, or whether humanity's impact on, as well as our perceptions of, primates are generally negative. I examine primate–human interactions at the intersection of agriculture with natural habitats as exemplified in several long‐term studies, and explore the conservation consequences of these interactions. These interactions are then placed into an ecological‐economic perspective assessing the prospects for the survival of primates in a context where humans share their subsistence space and resources with primates. Am. J. Primatol. 72:925–931, 2010. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.