"Ape meat industry Africa, Central." . . "Ape meat industry" . . "Ape meat industry." . "Wildlife conservation Africa, Central." . . "Meat industry." . . "Apes Africa, Central." . . "Apes" . . "Apes." . "Wild animals." . . "NATURE Animals General." . . "Nature conservation." . . "Fleischversorgung." . . "Zentralafrika." . . "Africa." . . "Wildlife conservation" . . "Wildlife conservation." . "Stropen." . . "Afrika." . . "Affen." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Eating Apes is an eloquent book about a disturbing secret: the looming extinction of humanity's closest relatives, the African great apeschimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas. Dale Peterson's impassioned exposé details how, with the unprecedented opening of African forests by European and Asian logging companies, the traditional consumption of wild animal meat in Central Africa has suddenly exploded in scope and impact, moving from what was recently a subsistence activity to an enormous and completely unsustainable commercial enterprise. Although the three African great apes account for o."@en . "Electronic books"@en . . . . . . . . . . "Livres électroniques" . . . . . . . . . . . . "Eating Apes"@en . . . . . "Eating apes" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Details how, with the unprecedented opening of African forests by European and Asian logging companies, the traditional consumption of wild animal meat in Central Africa has suddenly exploded in scope and impact, moving from what was recently a subsistence activity to an enormous and completely unsustainable commercial enterprise. Although the three African great apes account for only about one percent of the commercial bush meat trade, today's rate of slaughter could bring about their extinction in the next few decades. Eating Apes documents the when, where, how, and why of this rapidly accelerating disaster. In bringing the facts of this crisis and these impending extinctions into a single, accessible book, Peterson takes us one step closer to averting one of the most disturbing threats to our closest relatives.--From publisher description." . . . . "Mensapen." . . "Artenschutz." . . "Africa, Central" . . "Africa, Central." . "Singes Chasse Afrique centrale." . . "Primaten." . . "Fleischindustrie." . . "Singes Conservation des ressources Afrique centrale." . . "Jagd." . . "SCIENCE Life Sciences Biological Diversity." . . . . "Logging." . . "Tierschutz." . . "Menschenaffen." . . "NATURE Animals Wildlife." . . "Endangered species." . . "Hominidés Afrique centrale." . . "Animaux menacés Afrique centrale." . . "alimentation consommation singe anthropoïde viande Afrique centrale Afrique occidentale." . . "Africa." . . "singe anthropoïde protection Afrique centrale Afrique occidentale 20e s. (fin)" . .