Douglas Cress, GRASP Coordinator, UNEP interview: Rio Conventions Pavilion, CBD COP11, 13/10/2012 – Douglas Cress, GRASP Coordinator, UNEP explains why the survival of great apes is a good indicator of the state of the world we are creating for ourselves.

With mining and the clearance of forests for the expansion of palm oil plantations pushing them out of their natural habitats, their numbers are dwindling. He says humans are in direct competition with great apes, he hopes we will have the “good grace” not to push them off the planet.