On September 5, local time, the Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park Administration announced at the 7th World Conservation Congress held in Marseille, France, that the "critically endangered" species Of the Hainan gibbon will add two new apes this year after adding a baby ape in 2020. At this point, the population of Hainan gibbons has grown to 35 in 5 groups.
On September 5, at a joint press conference held in Haikou and Marseille, Chinese and foreign experts also jointly launched the "Hainan Gibbon Case Study Report", which conducted an in-depth analysis of China's protection and international cooperation at the national and local levels over the past 40 years.
Susan Cheney, deputy head of the Sub-Apes Group of the IUCN Primate Expert Group, who participated in the research, believes that the successful experience of protecting Hainan gibbons shows that it is necessary to make full use of public resources, actively cooperate, adhere to "nature-based solutions", and strengthen local species conservation awareness and participation. Vance Martin, chairman of the Global Wilderness Foundation (WILD), said that the Case of the Hainan Gibbon not only has reference significance for the protection of other species of gibbons and primates, but also shows the importance of biodiversity conservation and climate change to achieve synergy.
There are currently 20 species of gibbons known to exist in the world, distributed in 11 countries in Asia. Habitat destruction is the biggest existential threat to gibbons, and five species of gibbons, including the Hainan gibbon, have been listed as "critically endangered" species. The Hainan gibbon, which is endemic to Hainan Island, is one of the most endangered species, once widely distributed on Hainan Island, but due to the severe destruction of its habitat, it is currently only distributed in the Bawangling National Nature Reserve in Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park.
Since the establishment of the Hainan Bawangling Nature Reserve in 1980, the protection of Hainan gibbons has been gradually implemented at the legislative and operational levels. In 2019, Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park and Hainan National Park Research Institute were established successively, taking an important step for the coordinated management of this species and its habitat. The Hainan National Park Research Institute plans to double the population of Hainan gibbons over the next 15 years through nature-based conservation methods supplemented by modern technology.
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