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Eastern black crested gibbon (cao vit gibbon)
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Eastern black crested gibbon (cao vit gibbon)

 

Male Eastern black crested gibbon

With less than 100 individuals left in the world, the cao vit gibbon is one of the most endangered primates in the world and in dire need of conservation support. Alongside ecological research and direct protection of the gibbon’s habitat, FFI is helping local communities to develop pig-manure biogas plants and fuel efficient stoves to reduce the demand for fuel wood, the extraction of which poses a significant threat to the gibbon’s habitat along with livestock grazing.

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