“…Halting biodiversity loss is considered a comprehensive global environmental challenge (Brashares et al, 2004;Cardinale et al, 2012;Craigie et al, 2010;Cuthbert, 2010;Krause & Zambonino, 2013). Habitat loss and over -exploitation of wildlife, and other forest resources, are universally acknowledged as the leading causes of biodiversity loss (Baldus, 2008;Brooks et al, 2002), the situation is most severe in the tropical regions (Leuschner et al, 2013).…”