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Table 5.1. The numbers of questionnaires (Qs) sent to and returned from the
five regions of Thailand.
Region
No. of
provinces
No. of
Qs sent
No. of Qs
returned (% of
Qs sent)
No. of Qs with
no primates (%
of Qs returned)
No. of Qs with
primates (% of
Qs returned)
North
16
1,488
226 (15.19%)
108 (47.79%)
118 (52.21%)
Central
19
1,520
278 (18.29%)
150 (53.96%)
128 (46.04%)
Northeast
19
2,795
642 (22.97%)
371 (57.79%)
271 (42.21%)
East
7
479
96 (20.04%)
38 (39.58%)
58 (60.42%)
South
14
1,128
175 (15.51%)
45 (25.71%)
130 (74.29%)
Total
75
7,410
1,417 (19.12%)
712 (50.25%)
705 (49.75%)
reports of the presence of primates, and 583 of the 705 questionnaires reported
a presence of macaques in the areas. The highest frequency of positive replies
was from the southern region (130, 74.3 percent). The highest percentage of
negative reports (no primates) came from the northeastern region (371, 57.8 )
( Table 5.1 ).
When we carefully assessed the questionnaires reporting the presence of
macaques in the areas, we found that many Tambons have neither long-tailed
macaques nor other macaque species in their own areas, but they gave us the
information about macaques living in other areas. For example, five question-
naires (from five Tambons) returned from Mahasarakham Province, north-
eastern Thailand together reported a single location of long-tailed macaques at
Kosumphi Forest Park (16° 15'N, 103° 04'E), Tambon Huakhwang, that is four
of the five Tambons had no primates in their own areas. Of 583 questionnaires
reported a presence of macaques, only 386 Tambons were their habitats.
Based on information that each Kamnan added to the questionnaire as well
as that acquired by the interview, we found that most of Kamnans in the north-
eastern region are long-term residents at their respective Tambons and have
been able to observe environmental changes and the loss of wildlife over time.
They described that local macaque populations went extinct or were extermi-
nated about thirty years ago because of the rapid and extensive deforestation
for agricultural development.
Information from the field survey
Of 386 Tambons, we went to 340 Tambons (88.1 percent) that had a reported
presence of one of the five species of macaques, especially long-tailed
 
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