The government says the purpose is to help protect the species given its dwindling forest habitat.

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As the monkeys' forest habitat disappears, they are becoming easier to capture and to put to work.

ECONOMIST: Monkey business | The

The core areas consist of existing nature reserves, protected forest habitat and shorelines.

UNESCO: EDUCATION

Selective logging and conversion of rain forest habitat to agricultural land are the greatest threats to the survival of the white-collared lemur, together with hunting, according to the IUCN website.

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It is described as a unique habitat for forest elephants in particular.

BBC: Elephants

He managed to stop the cutting of virgin forest (and the destruction of golden monkey habitat) in Yunnan province.

ECONOMIST: Liang Congjie

This program pays farmers to convert cropland into grassland or forest, in order to preserve soil and create more habitat for wildlife.

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Huge swathes of forest in Perthshire, Lochaber and Argyll were systematically destroyed to deprive wolves of their habitat.

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Nearly 10, 000 square miles were effected by the spill, including a national forest, four national wildlife refuges, three national parks, five state parks, four state critical habitat areas and a state game sanctuary.

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