It seems that the Peruvian night monkey is in danger of
losing its home due to disappearing forests. “The FAO estimates that [Peru]
loses somewhere between 224,000 and 300,000 hectares of forest per year […]”.
Unfortunately, illegal logging is also a leading cause of deforestation,
accounting for 95% of logging. Why is illegal logging so high in Peru? Well, it
is mainly due to the valuable mahogany located in its forests (Peru).
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Due to the greed for valuable wood, the Peruvian night
monkey is suffering the possible loss of its home. As stated by Jeremy Hance,
the Peruvian night monkeys are not well known in the world, but recent research
has allowed the world to understand the monkey’s natural behaviors. For
example, these monkeys tend to not stay in a single location rather they travel
from one location to another (Hance).According to Jeremy Hance, Peruvian night monkeys are “[…]
capable of surviving in highly-fragmented
forests”. Furthermore, researchers found that a
family of 6 monkeys were capable of sustaining themselves in smaller
territories, 3.4 acres (Hance).
Although this may be true, can this justify the destruction
of the Peruvian night monkey’s habitat? Sooner or later these monkeys will lose their food supply and habitat, which will lead them to the point of extinction.
Hance, Jeremy.
"Peruvian Night Monkey Threatened by Vanishing Forests, Lost
Corridors." The Guardian. Guardian News and Media, 19 Mar. 2013.
Web. 18 Mar. 2013.
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/19/peruvian-night-monkey-threatened>.
"Peru:
Environmental Profile." Peru: Environmental Profile. Mogabay.com,
n.d. Web. 19 Mar. 2013. <http://rainforests.mongabay.com/20peru.htm>.
This post contains plenty well thought out information and vivid imagery but I didn't really understand the purpose of this post. For someone like me, who is just coming across your blog, I feel it's always important to restate the topic and main idea of the blog with each post.
ReplyDeleteI think the purpose of the post seems to be to highlight another issue of environmental degradation and, through that, to show what is happening around the world. But I think VivaAfrica has a point. RDG, what can your readers *do* with this information? What analysis can you provide that shows that in other areas of Peru or around the world, illegal logging can be addressed and habitat can be saved? Or is this a lost cause? Let's see some layering of context here to add to this one situation: you clearly show us what is being done and why. Now we need to know: what are the next steps for those in Peru? Those reading your blog?
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