How helpful the tool may be in conservation decisions regarding
other species has not yet been demonstrated. "There remains
considerable debate about how much the distribution of one
animal can tell you about the distribution of other taxa," said
Kent Redford, director of the Wildlife Conservation Society
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that because chameleons are being protected, so are lemurs,
fish, and other animals, he said. "Still, where you have limited
habitat being lost at an accelerated rate, any tool you can
provide is helpful," said Redford. "I'm in the 'hurry up and
wait' schoolhurry up and create a reserve and then wait to see
what's in there. In some places the rat