{"id":99451,"date":"2020-11-02T12:56:29","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T04:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=99451"},"modified":"2020-11-02T12:56:31","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T04:56:31","slug":"a-threefold-rise-in-rare-hainan-gibbons-since-70s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=99451","title":{"rendered":"A threefold rise in rare Hainan gibbons since 70s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"596\" src=\"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/gibbons-Taiwan-gibbons-ape.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99457\" srcset=\"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/gibbons-Taiwan-gibbons-ape.jpeg 900w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/gibbons-Taiwan-gibbons-ape-300x199.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/gibbons-Taiwan-gibbons-ape-768x509.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 (NNN-BERNAMA) &#8212; Known as the world&#8217;s rarest primates, Hainan gibbons are increasing in number, as there are 33 gibbons living in five families, a threefold rise in population from the 1970s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is according to the latest data from the province&#8217;s forestry department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on a statement, the black-crested apes can only be found in the Bawangling National Nature Reserve on Hainan Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They live in rainforest trees over 10 metres tall and rarely set foot on the ground, making captive breeding difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Numbering over 2,000 in the 1950s, the species was pushed to the brink of extinction due to excessive lumbering and burning of forests for hunting.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To save them, the local government established the Bawangling reserve in the 1980s and launched afforestation drives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2005, Hainan&#8217;s forestry department has planted more than 300,000 trees to provide food for the gibbons. Forest authorities also teamed up with conservationist groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Aug 29, inspectors from the Hainan tropical rainforest national park administration spotted a female gibbon cuddling its baby in Dongbengling, Baisha Li Autonomous County.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Experts later confirmed that a new family had been formed and their habitats in the reserve were expanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; NNN-BERNAMA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 (NNN-BERNAMA) &#8212; Known as the world&#8217;s rarest primates, Hainan gibbons are increasing in number, as there are 33 gibbons living in five families, a threefold rise in population from the 1970s. This is according to the latest data from the province&#8217;s forestry department. Based on a statement, the black-crested apes can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":99457,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[215,288],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99451"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=99451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/99457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=99451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=99451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=99451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}