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Living and studying in Brisbane, Australia, Darren has enjoyed a career in graphic design while reconnecting with his love of fine art. A long-held fascination with the natural world and the relationships between that which make it their home, inspires much of Darren’s work. He strives to capture the finest details in an aesthetic that celebrates the chosen subject, relating both a keen observation of reality with an infusion of whimsey. He works exclusively with the finest traditional soft pastels for their pigment quality and smooth colour lay-down, combined with pastel pencil, to bring about added depth and detail to each piece. Darren’s work has been selected for various local, national and international group exhibitions and publications. He is a passionate conservation and animal rights advocate.
Temminck’s Pangolin is listed as Vulnerable under criteria A4cd because there is an inferred past/ongoing and future population reduction of 30–40% over a 45 year period (15 years past, 30 years future; generation length estimated at 15 years) based primarily on ongoing exploitation for traditional medicine and bushmeat throughout the species’ range and evidence of increased intercontinental trade to Asia. True rates of decline are imperfectly known but are unlikely to exceed 50%. The assessors have chosen to take a precautionary approach in listing the species as Vulnerable, especially considering the burgeoning demand for pangolins in the Asian markets, the resultant severe declines in some Asian pangolin populations and more recently plausible declines in at least two African pangolin species and the unquantified levels of both local and international trade (although both are known to be increasing). The growing human population is also increasingly restricting this species to protected areas through a combination of direct persecution and habitat transformation, with a simultaneous decrease in the Area of Occupancy. Further research into the levels of trade and status of this species is urgently required.
SOURCE: IUCN REDLIST
