{"id":40563,"date":"2014-02-23T01:37:08","date_gmt":"2014-02-23T06:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=39339"},"modified":"2014-02-23T01:37:08","modified_gmt":"2014-02-23T06:37:08","slug":"90-lemur-species-approaching-extinction-new-action-plan-devised-international-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/90-lemur-species-approaching-extinction-new-action-plan-devised-international-team\/","title":{"rendered":"90% Of Lemur Species Approaching Extinction — New Action Plan Devised By International Team"},"content":{"rendered":"
True Lemurs, found only on the isolated island of Madagascar, are the most endangered mammalian group on the planet — more than 90% of all known lemur species are rapidly approaching extinction, primarily as the result of deforestation and habitat loss.<\/p>\n
Previous conservation efforts have been generally ineffective, so how do you prevent their extinction? Now, an international team composed of prominent primatologists, conservationists and researchers, think they may have a workable solution. The team has devised an action plan to save the 101 species of lemur<\/a> that live on Madagascar — one which contains “strategies for 30 different priority sites for lemur conservation, and aims to help raise funds for individual projects.”<\/p>\n