TY - JOUR
T1 - Global importance of Indigenous Peoples, their lands, and knowledge systems for saving the world's primates from extinction
AU - Estrada, Alejandro
AU - Garber, Paul A.
AU - Gouveia, Sidney
AU - Fernandez-Llamazares, Alvaro
AU - Ascensao, Fernando
AU - Fuentes, Agustin
AU - Garnett, Stephen T.
AU - Shaffer, Christopher
AU - Bicca-Marques, Julio
AU - Fa, Julia E.
AU - Hockings, Kimberley
AU - Shanee, Sam
AU - Johnson, Steig
AU - Shepard, Glenn H.
AU - Shanee, Noga
AU - Golden, Christopher D.
AU - Cardenas-Navarrete, Anaid
AU - Levey, Dallas R.
AU - Boonratana, Ramesh
AU - Dobrovolski, Ricardo
AU - Chaudhary, Abhishek
AU - Ratsimbazafy, Jonah
AU - Supriatna, Jatna
AU - Kone, Inza
AU - Volampeno, Sylviane
N1 - Funding Information:
F.A. was funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT, CEECIND/03265/2017). The authors declare no other sources of funding to support the writing of this review paper. This is principally a review manuscript and therefore did not require IRB and/or IACUC approval.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/8
Y1 - 2022/8
N2 - Primates, represented by 521 species, are distributed across 91 countries primarily in the Neotropic, Afrotropic, and Indo-Malayan realms. Primates inhabit a wide range of habitats and play critical roles in sustaining healthy ecosystems that benefit human and nonhuman communities. Approximately 68% of primate species are threatened with extinction because of global pressures to convert their habitats for agricultural production and the extraction of natural resources. Here, we review the scientific literature and conduct a spatial analysis to assess the significance of Indigenous Peoples' lands in safeguarding primate biodiversity. We found that Indigenous Peoples' lands account for 30% of the primate range, and 71% of primate species inhabit these lands. As their range on these lands increases, primate species are less likely to be classified as threatened or have declining populations. Safeguarding Indigenous Peoples' lands, languages, and cultures represents our greatest chance to prevent the extinction of the world's primates.
AB - Primates, represented by 521 species, are distributed across 91 countries primarily in the Neotropic, Afrotropic, and Indo-Malayan realms. Primates inhabit a wide range of habitats and play critical roles in sustaining healthy ecosystems that benefit human and nonhuman communities. Approximately 68% of primate species are threatened with extinction because of global pressures to convert their habitats for agricultural production and the extraction of natural resources. Here, we review the scientific literature and conduct a spatial analysis to assess the significance of Indigenous Peoples' lands in safeguarding primate biodiversity. We found that Indigenous Peoples' lands account for 30% of the primate range, and 71% of primate species inhabit these lands. As their range on these lands increases, primate species are less likely to be classified as threatened or have declining populations. Safeguarding Indigenous Peoples' lands, languages, and cultures represents our greatest chance to prevent the extinction of the world's primates.
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U2 - 10.1126/sciadv.abn2927
DO - 10.1126/sciadv.abn2927
M3 - Review article
C2 - 35947670
AN - SCOPUS:85135956122
SN - 2375-2548
VL - 8
JO - Science advances
JF - Science advances
IS - 32
M1 - eabn2927
ER -
