Kyla+&+Jacqui

=THE PROBOSCIS MONKEY = In The Wild: In The Zoo: In the zoo, the Proboscis Monkey's environment is very much like their environment in the wild. All zoo's try and make their enclosure for keeping the Proboscis Monkey as much as they can, like their environment would be in the wild. The Singapore zoo keeps and look after Proboscis Monkey's. Here they have the largest breeding group of Proboscis Monkey's, with a total of seventeen. At this zoo, they are doing everything they can to try and save the Proboscis Monkey from extinction, and make living in a zoo, as close to living in the wild as possible, of course without all the treats their habitats are facing. At the Singapore Zoo, they have recently built a new habitat for the Proboscis Monkey. This new habitat presents Singapore zoo’s efforts to conserve and provide a living environment for the monkeys, extremely similar to their natural habitat.
 * Kyla: The environment in which the animal lives: **
 * The only place the Proboscis Monkey is found is on the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia.
 * The Proboscis Monkey lives in lots of different kinds of forests. Such as mangrove forests and lowland forests. These forests must be near fresh water and rivers.
 * The Proboscis Monkey are also found in fresh water swamp forests in Borneo.
 * The Proboscis Monkey avoids deforested areas and humans settlements.
 * The Proboscis Monkey depend on living in a habitat near rivers of fresh water.
 * The Proboscis Monkey sleeps in trees, usually in thick branches growing over the water.
 * They also sleep in trees above water, to protect themselves from predators.
 * Proboscis Monkeys also rest and sleep on the edges of rivers.
 * The Proboscis Monkey is mostly arboreal, which means they mainly live in trees, but they do leave the trees to move around and to swim.
 * The Proboscis money must live near water because they are one of the best swimmers out of all of the primates, they enjoy swimming, and need to be able to swim, in order to swim across rivers.
 * Jacqui: Factors which are affecting the animal's ability to live in the wild: **

People are cutting down the Proboscis monkey’s habitat. They live in mangroves, which are located on the edges of rivers and oceans. They have been cleared for over 30 years. Prior to this there was no use for the land the mangroves are located on but now these areas are being used for lumber and to create shrimp pools.

Naturally the Proboscis monkeys have few predators as they mainly live in treetops. Their only natural predators are the Clouded leopards, when the proboscis are forced to go on the ground and crocodiles wen they are in the water. Humans are the biggest threat to the survival of the proboscis monkey. We are cutting down their environment and the monkeys are being forced to move closer to human settlement. The proboscis monkey does do not cope well living close to humans and are being forced into smaller areas of their n native environment.

It was listed as endangered by the IUNCN in June 1976. It was relished as endangered in 2008. The main threat to the Proboscis monkey is habitat loss. It's being cleared for logging, plantations, palm oil plantations, human settlements and shrimp pools. Even though they are protected they are still being hunted and captured. some native Indonesians capture the monkey and enjoy eating them! it isconsidered a delicacy.

There are only 7000 proboscis monkeys left in the wild in Borneo. In 1977 there were 6500 probiscic monkeys in Sarawak alone and as of 2006 there are only 100 left. Companies choose to build plantations on rain forests soils as they are high in nutrients, and have great timber resources. In many areas throughout where the Proboscis Monkey lives, suitable wild habitats have been subjected to land development for human habitation, clearing for monoculture plantations, but in particular, palm oil, and logging. Habitat destruction and hunting will continue to threaten these already endangered monkeys. Indonesia is in the Guinness Book ofWorld records for the highest rate of deforestation. Many of this land is being cleared for palm oil plantations.This loss of the habitat is having a great impact on Indonesians wild life. Because of the loss of habitat many animals including the probisicos monkey are loosing their habitats.
 * Jacqui & Kyla : Some of the problems being faced by both animals and people in these areas: **
 * Plantations: ** Indonesians rely helavily on the palm oil industry.
 * Ever Growing Population: ** The population of Indonesia is continuously growing. To accomadate for the ever growing population land needs to be cleared for housing and human settlements. Indonesias wildlife do not cope well with this change. They have limted habitat and are forced to stray onto the human settlement in search for food. The villagers will often shoot the animals in fear of them and as they are unwanted on their properties.
 * Indigenous Indonesians: ** The lack of education from Indonesian people is also having a large influence on the survival of the native animals. Indonesians are not aware of the impacts they have on their wildlife and animals. They don't release how precious and endangered these animals are. When they stray onto their property they will shoot them in fear. If the villagers where educated and knew how to deal with animals straying onto their land without killing them and not to be supporting businesses such as shrimp pools, palm oil plantations and logging this could help to reduce the ever decreasing numbers of Indonesians endangered animals, including the Proboscis Monkey.

However, the main problem being faced by the Proboscis Monkey is loss of habitat. There are many different ways the Proboscis Monkey's are losing their habitats. These include:


 * Harvesting & Hunting - ** In some areas around Borneo, the Proboscis Monkey is considered to be crop raiders because they enter the humans crops, and eat them. So, the humans poison the Proboscis Monkey’s, so they die. This is because they are frightened of them, and they wonder onto their land, because their habitats have been destroyed. They are also hunted in some areas, for food, and as a recreational activity; for fun and to use as bait to feed lizards, snakes and crocodiles. This shows, how the people who live in Borneo, where the Proboscis Monkey lives, do not know about the limited number of Proboscis Monkey’s there are left in the world, and how doing this to them is only decreasing this number.
 * Pollution - ** Because of the increased amount of human activity around where the Proboscis Monkey lives, their habitat is being destroyed by these human's pollution. This pollution is especially from oil spills, fuel from boats, and also from human waste. These types of pollutions are all having a negative effect on the Proboscis Monkey, and their environment.


 * Natural Disasters - ** Natural Disasters have also had a negative effect on the Proboscis Monkey's environment. An example of one of these natural disasters that destroyed their habitat is the devastating fires in Borneo in 1992. Natural droughts are also influencing the Proboscis Monkey's environment in a negative way. By drying up the trees in the forests, and increasing the risk of bush fires occurring.

CHIPP is the acronym used to list the current threats to animals. It stands for as follows:
 * Human Disturbance - ** Human activities, like fishing, are disturbing the Proboscis Monkey’s, because these human activities are keeping them away from their preferred natural habitats along the river. Also, there have been increased boat activities in the rivers where the Proboscis Monkey’s live, and swim. These boats have been threatening their natural environment, and putting them in danger of being hit by a boat when they swim across rivers.
 * CHIPP **

C - Climate Change H - Habitat Loss I - Introduced Species P - Poaching P - Pollution The main aspect of CHIPP that is having a negative effect on the Proboscis Monkey is habitat loss. Their habitats are being destroyed for different plantations, and for human developments. However, pollution is also having a terrible effect on the Proboscis Monkey, mostly because of oil spills, boat fumes, and human waste. The Proboscis Monkey is also being killed by frightened people, when the Proboscis Monkey roams into their communities.

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