This gibbon action plan has been developed with reference to the Preliminary Gibbon Status then reviewed and revised by the working group to refine and ensure that it is consistent with the strategies. The working group is aware that rural people rely on forest resources for their subsistence and that addressing poverty is impossible and unsustainable without protecting and managing the natural resources that they rely on. Species conservation, with gibbons as an example, can contribute to maintaining the richness of nature and bring possible alternatives sources of income generation for villagers in the future.