TNPSC Thervupettagam

Global Gibbon Network (GGN)

July 23 , 2023 363 days 376 0
  • The conservation status of India’s only ape was a cause for concern at a global event on gibbons held in China.
  • Gibbons is the smallest and fastest of all apes, live in tropical and subtropical forests in the southeastern part of Asia.
  • The hoolock gibbon, unique to India’s northeast, is one of 20 species of gibbons on Earth.
  • The estimated population of hoolock gibbons is 12,000.
  • All 20 gibbon species are at a high risk of extinction.
  • Global Gibbon Network was initiated at the International Gibbon Day 2020 event.

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