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Endangered Species in Indonesia
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No Comments » The government has said it is having difficulties identifying the number of native species in danger of extinction. Director for biological diversity affairs at the Forestry Ministry, Toni Suhartono, said much of the existing information on the number of endangered species was based on predictions made before 2000.
Rafflesia Traders: Semarang, Central Java
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Sutrisno waits for customers for his plants in the Sigar Bencah area of the Central Java capital Semarang. He and other residents claim the flowers are rare Rafflesia parasitic flowering plants, known as walur among the villagers and as bunga bangkai (corpse flower) for their foul odor. “I heard that these flowers can be sold so I search for them,” said Sutrisno, a farmer, who was selling five plants on the side of the road for Rp 25,000 each. Two high school students, Heri and Mahrus, said they spent their free time looking for the flowers in the hills around Sigar Bancah.
WWF Declare Special Conservation Area: Mount Lumut, Central Kalimantan
By Barrie | No Comments » The World Wildlife Fund (WWF)-Indonesia has declared a protected forest in Mount Lumut in Barito Utara (Barut) district in Central Kalimantan a conservation area for Heart of Borneo (HoB) program. The protected forest in Mt. Lumut which covered 25,802 ha-land was considered a sacred place by native Dayak Hindu Kaharingan community.
No Mining in Conservation Zone: North Sulawesi
By Barrie | No Comments » Environmentalists in North Sulawesi warn traditional gold mining activities pose a threat to the Bogani Nani Wartabone conservation zone. They say the conservation zone, in Bolaang Mangondow regency, North Sulawesi, is the largest repository in the province of local floral and fauna.
Forest Preservers Demand Rewards: Wonogiri, Central Java
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Farmers who are actively involved in the sustainable development of community-based forests in Wonogiri, Central Java, say they are not reaping the rewards of their hard work and dedication. “We used to experience water shortages every dry season. But now things are much better due to the formation of new springs that are constantly replenished by natural rainfall,” Mulyono, the chairman of one of the three community-based forest units in Wonogiri, Central Java, said.
Arid Land Becomes Flourishing Ecosystem: Wonogiri, Central Java
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Amid reports of the environmentally costly exploitation of forest resources across the country, good news comes from a handful of villages in Java. Farmers in Wonogiri and Sukoharjo in Central Java, as well as Gunungkidul in Yogyakarta, have managed to convert arid and seemingly barren land into a flourishing ecosystem. Thousands of trees — mostly teak and mahogany — are thriving among the limestone cliffs and shallow caves of these hilly areas. The big trees are shoehorned in among rocks. “Each tree’s root system is wound through the cracks in the cliff,” said Siman, the manager of one of the five community organizations that manages forest resources in the three regencies.
A Safe Haven for Orangutans: Bali
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If longtime orangutan expert and animal behaviorist Francine Neago gets her wish, Bali is set to become a world leader in orangutan and endangered species research. Neago has been passionate about the protection of orangutans for decades, even before she stepped onto Indonesian soil back in 1965.
Sumatran Rhino Population Increases: Lampung, Sumatra
By Barrie | 1 Comment » Some rare good news for the threatened Sumatran rhinoceros has come out of Lampung. The Sumatran rhinoceros population in Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park and Way Kambas National Park in Lampung has increased in the past nine years. A survey by the Rhino Protection Unit (RPU) and Yayasan Badak Indonesia in 2007 found the population of the rare animal had risen by between 24 and 30 rhinoceroses.
Nurturing Nature: Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, Sumatra
By Barrie | No Comments » Extending from Tanggamus and West Lampung regencies in Lampung province to Kaur regency in Bengkulu, the 356,000-hectare Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park (BBSNP) is home to rare wildlife and vegetation as well as a haven for conservation researchers.
Javanese Lutung Released: East Java
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Last month was the release of six Javanese lutung (black or gray long-tailed monkey) or Trachipitecus auratus to their natural habitat. The conservation NGO ProFauna Indonesia released the primates to the Hyang conservation located on the foothills of Mountain Argopuro, which is near the border of Probolinggo and Jember in East Java. The six primates were confiscated by the Forestry Ministry’s conservation center from various illegal owners and sellers in several areas, such as Denpasar in Bali, Probolinggo in East Java and Yogyakarta.
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