%0 Journal Article
%T A road for a promising future for China¡¯s primates: The potential for restoration
%A Colin A. Chapman
%J Archive of "Zoological Research".
%D 2018
%R 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2018.032
%X China is one of the most dynamic countries of the world and it shelters some amazing levels of biodiversity, including some very special primate species. However, primarily as a result of forest loss, most of which occurred in historical times, approximately 70% of China¡¯s primate species have less than 3 000 individuals. Here I evaluate one road for future conservation/development that could produce very positive gains for China¡¯s primates; namely forest restoration. I argue that for a large scale restoration project to be possible two conditions must be met; the right societal conditions must exist and the right knowledge must be in hand. This evaluation suggests that the restoration of native forest to support many of China¡¯s primates holds great potential to advance conservation goals and to promote primate population recovery
%K Conservation
%K Forest restoration
%K Regeneration
%K Primate population dynamics
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5968852/