Sirajul Hossain's 'Vanishing Ape' goes Cambridge

The western hoolock gibbon (Hoolock hoolock hoolock) has received the national IUCN classification 'critically endangered' and it will be added to the IUCN/SSC list over the world's 25 most endangered primates 2006-2008. In the fragmented forests that remain in Bangladesh, 200-300 hoolock gibbons are spread out in 22 small, separated populations. The largest continuous population exists in West-Bhanugach reserve forest in Sylhet in north-eastern Bangladesh. Fifty-nine hoolock gibbons in 16 families are found in a continuous population stretching slightly outside the boundaries of Lawachara National Park.

British Council Dhaka is supporting the event.