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...keep track of primate populations and train local scientists how to protect them. And while it may foster a habit of donor dependency, the collaboration between local preservation groups and NGOs pays off. One Vietnamese specialist whom Rawson trained has helped record the country's largest single group of grey-shanked douc langurs, a gorgeous monkey with an orange face and white beard that lives in the highlands of central Vietnam. Some organizations have even hired primate hunters, whose keen tracking skills make them useful for surveying elusive populations. "It's a matter of engaging the local people so they...
...face-off between environment and development has been a perennial battle - and perhaps, for primate conservationists, an unwinnable one - given that the countries that are home to highly endangered primates, like Vietnam, are also home to developing economies. That's a discouraging reality for primatologists and for the grey-shanked douc, whose forest habitat in Vietnam is being destroyed at the rate of the 10,000 hectares per year to make way for logging and agriculture. "When it comes to a choice between economic development and protection, economic development is going to win out most times," says Rawson...
...deliver a bold visual style, shooting as if the viewer were inside the paralyzed man's body. When the film's French production company balked at the price of an A-list cinematographer, Kennedy persuaded them to find the money elsewhere in the budget. "They see talent," says Brad Grey, CEO of Paramount. "They understand it. They know how to get the most out of the folks who work for them and with them...
...Looking at the Chongqing by the intersection of the Jialing and Yangtze rivers, it wasn’t hard to see why. The water was murky grey and appeared to contain everything from household garbage to industrial sediment and waste. And it’s really no surprise, since environmental regulations do little to prevent the dumping of waste into water bodies by factories and farms, including everything from petroleum to ammonia nitrogen to mercury. Since China has only one-fifth the water supply per capita as the U.S., conservation and stricter regulation is essential in order to preserve...
...everywhere. On stage at Commencement, he proudly displays his school colors among his grey-haired reunion classmates. At fancy dinner parties, he holds the door for those behind him and adeptly navigates a formidable forest of salad forks...