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Problem: Forests are the dominant type of land cover in the state, covering nearly two-thirds of New York State. Therefore, forests provide habitat (that is, a home) to most of the common wildlife in the state. For wildlife to thrive we must pay attention to the condition of our forests and make sure that they continue to provide habitat for all native forest species, now and into the future. This ...

Action: The purpose of this manual is to show how wildlife is related to different forest conditions in the northern hardwood forests of upstate New York. The manual supplies science-based information about how different methods of timber management (i.e., logging) change wildlife habitats, and how wildlife communities change (and how they may be similar) across different forest conditions. Ti...

Problem: A significant number of remaining chimpanzee and gorilla populations in Western Equatorial Africa reside in active timber concessions, many of which are within areas identified as being exceptional for the conservation of these apes. Habitat alteration and human disturbance can result in changes to the dietary regimes, behaviour, susceptibility to disease, abundance and distribution of great apes, which may affect their short- and long-term prospects for survival. The conservation outlook of ...

Action: These guidelines outline specific recommendations for reducing the impact of commercial logging on wild apes, many of which can be implemented within the framework of sustainable, reduced-impact logging at little or no additional cost (Table 1). We believe that advantages will also accrue for logging companies which rapidly implement these measures, allowing them to be r...