What are the immediate threats to primates in the wild? What factors make these threats worse? What are some possible solutions to these problems? What are the pros and cons of these solutions?
             Primates are among the largest section of endangered animals in the world with well over 600 different kinds of primates now currently in need of conservation (Struhsaker, 2001).
             Immediate threats to these different and various populations of primates include, but are not limited to, loss of their natural habitat in the form of logging by humans for example, where the trees that are used for homes and food by these primates are lost due to market demands for lumber for both building material and as a fuel source. Along these lines is also farming, where the land itself, once cleared of the forest trees, is also in very high demand as good fertile farmland for plantation owners to set up a business farming industry. The primates themselves are also desired as a source of local meat for the population of people in the local area and are hunted as such by locals and poachers. (Struhsaker, 2001)
             The problem of loss of habitat for these primates is made worse by such factors as human pressure on the forests. Most forests that are in danger of being cut down have been found to be surrounded by a dense population of people, at least 90 per square kilometer, that are mainly surviving on agriculture, hunting, fishing, and on other forest based industries that are directly causing the loss of habitat that is diminishing and in some cases eliminating most primate species. Some species of primates cannot survive in new environments, so when their habitat is lost, so too unfortunately are they. Even if their homes are not completely destroyed, if the remaining area is too small to support their numbers, then many will die and the chance of survival of the species with their new smaller number is not very promising. Even things such as m...