Hope for the third most intelligent species on the planet

[unixronin]

(After the great whales and the white mice, that is.)

More than 20 nations have signed an agreement aimed at saving the world's great apes from extinction.

The Kinshasa Declaration acknowledges that the root cause of poaching and deforestation is poverty, and pledges to support local communities.

Numbers of gorilla, chimpanzee, bonobo and orangutan have fallen sharply, and experts warn that some wild populations could disappear within a generation.

The agreement came during a meeting in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

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The UN body hopes the agreement will help stamp out poaching for bushmeat, animal trafficking and deforestation, which has destroyed the creatures' habitats.

Comments

[jilara.livejournal.com]

Nice sentiment, but then there is that mention of the Congo, which is having trouble stopping raiding, rapes, and various attrocities within its borders, amid estimates that its hippos will soon be extinct due to poaching for food and ivory. I'd like to stop global warming, too.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Yup. Promises are cheap. Whether they'll be kept is another story.