Skip to main content Accessibility help

We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.

Close cookie message
×
Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-t7czq Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-24T00:31:39.179Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

19 - New Technologies for Effective Biodiversity Governance: Lessons from Orangutans in Indonesia

from Part IV - National Implementation of CITES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2023

By
Denis Ruysschaert
Edited by
Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger ,
David Andrew Wardell  and
Alexandra Harrington
Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
David Andrew Wardell
Affiliation:
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Alexandra Harrington
Affiliation:
Albany Law School
Get access

Summary

The author signals that lowland tropical forests are being converted into agricultural lands at fast rate, especially in South East Asia. As he underlines, this has dire consequences for great apes; all species of great apes are categorized as (Critically) Endangered according to the IUCN Red List. The author explains that Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelli) could be the first of the great apes to face extinction, highlighting the agricultural deforestation taking place in the remote areas of Indonesia, and that access to information is limited, making difficult to take decisions and enforce law. However, in the case of the coastal peat swamp forest of Tripa, the author explains that NGOs have been able to use modern technology and field verification tools to access, gather, monitor and widely provide accurate and up-to-date evidence on pressing environmental issues (ex. deforestation trends, peat depths, fires.

Keywords

Biodiversitylawgovernancesustainable developmentCITES
Type
Chapter
Information
CITES as a Tool for Sustainable Development , pp. 315 - 333
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Save book to Kindle

To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure [email protected] is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.

Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.

Available formats
×

Save book to Dropbox

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.

Available formats
×

Save book to Google Drive

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.

Available formats
×