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        "id": 1752760,
        "msgid": "once-thought-extinct-the-tonkin-snub-nosed-monkey-population-has-tripled-1779545572",
        "date": "2026-05-20 19:16:00",
        "title": "Once Thought Extinct, the Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey Population Has Tripled",
        "author": "Gloria Setyvani Putri",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Anthropology",
        "summary": "A survey by Fauna & Flora International finds that the Tonkin snub-nosed monkey at Khau Ca, Vietnam, has increased from about 50 individuals in 2002 to around 160 today, more than tripling the population. The Critically Endangered species now finds safety within a reserve, providing renewed hope and a model for community-based conservation in Vietnamese forests; the monkeys are shy and under threat from hunting and habitat loss.",
        "content": "<p>Among the leaves of evergreen trees, a pair of eyes with bright blue\nrings gaze around the canopy of the Khau Ca limestone forest. This sight\nis a rare glimpse of one of the world\u2019s most endangered monkeys, a\nmoment greatly welcomed by field conservationist Canh Xuan Chu. The\nTonkin snub-nosed monkey is endemic to Vietnam. This primate can only be\nfound in fragments of forest isolated in the two northernmost Vietnamese\nprovinces that border China. In 2002, a population of just 50\nindividuals was discovered at Khau Ca. The discovery added to the list\nof a handful of places where the species had been found again at the end\nof the 1980s and 1990s, after previously being thought extinct. However,\nbased on a comprehensive census conducted by the non-profit conservation\norganisation Fauna &amp; Flora International, the Khau Ca population has\nreportedly more than tripled since 2002. Currently, 160 individuals of\nthe monkey, classified as Critically Endangered, live safely within the\nnature reserve \u2014 accounting for about 80 percent of the estimated total\nof the remaining species on the planet. \u201cThis is one of our most\nsuccessful surveys,\u201d said Chu, who serves as project manager for the\nTonkin snub-nosed monkey conservation programme at Fauna &amp; Flora\nInternational. The survey results provide a glimmer of renewed hope for\nthe survival of this fragile species, while also serving as a model for\nother forests in Vietnam to restore their endemic primates. Although\nthese monkeys have striking and unique facial patterns, they are very\nshy. According to Chu, they always avoid contact with humans and will\nvanish immediately upon hearing any foreign noise, no matter how small.\nIt is this trait that has made population counting a very difficult task\nfor several decades. As a result of being hunted aggressively for\ntraditional medicine ingredients and occasionally consumed as bushmeat,\nthe Tonkin snub-nosed monkey\u2019s presence has become very rarely seen.\nThis is what led scientists in the 1980s to assume that the species had\nbecome extinct. Shorty after the Khau Ca population was found, Fauna\n&amp; Flora International immediately established a field conservation\nstation. They formed a community-based conservation team to patrol the\nforest, help clear animal snares, and report signs of illegal logging or\nhunting.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/once-thought-extinct-the-tonkin-snub-nosed-monkey-population-has-tripled-1779545572",
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