About 300,000 wild animals, which equals 17 percent of the total world animals are predicted to inhabit Indonesian islands although the country only makes up about 1.3 percent of the world’s land. In total, Indonesia has 515 species of mammals and more than 1539 species of birds. [Continue reading on Tempo]
Gunung Kidul Regional Government eyes for investments in tourism area while awaiting geopark status confirmation from UNESCO. “We have begun to discuss the investment discourse, maintaining its geopark directives,” said the Chief of Gunung Kidul Regional Development Planning Agency Syarif Armunanto. [Continue reading on Tempo]
Skeletons of seven elephants have been found in the area of Tesso Nilo National Park (TNTN) in Pelalawan, Riau. The elephants, predicted to have died three months ago, consist of one female, one male and five cubs. The dead elephants were found in the PT RAPP concession area, Baserah sector, Ukui district. The male elephant lost […]
One of the places that make Indonesia known as the world’s leading exporter of shark fins is a fish auction market of Tanjung Luar located in East Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB). In this auction, each day, dozens, even hundreds, of sharks and rays in a range sizes being unloaded from 70 ships coming from […]
Another Sumatran Elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus) was found dead in Riau. The 30-year-old giant animal was found by the residents of Tasik Serai Village, Bengkalis Regency in the concession area of industrial forest of PT Arara Abadi.
The residents of Dawuhan Kulon village, Banyumas, Central Java have been restless about the appearance of an allegedly Javan leopard (Panthera pardus melas). Central Java Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) has started the monitoring to prevent further human-leopard conflict that might happen. “We were patrolling around the village on Thursday night to make sure the story […]
The rain that was coming late this season was assumed to be the cause of the recent monkey invasions into some farmlands in Ponjong district, Gunungkidul regency, Yogyakarta. “The monkeys invaded the farmlands because they ran out of food resources on the hills, many plantations were withered since there was no rain,” said the District Head […]
The conservation area in Riau Province, Indonesia is reportedly unable to protect the endangered Sumatran elephants (Elephas maximus sumatranus), as the animals are still threatened by death, even the ones inhabiting the protected area. “Even in the conservation forest, the elephants’ habitation and population are still threatened,” said the spokesman of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) for […]
Surabaya Mayor Tri Rismaharini believes that the recent death of an African lion named Michael in Surabaya Zoo (KBS) was not an accident. “I agree that the death was unusual,” said Risma to the press yesterday. Risma also believes this incident may be done by certain parties who could not accept the policy that she had […]
The shrinking habitation has cut off the food supplies for the Javan leopards (Phantera pardus melas) in Mt. Slamet. As the consequence, the leopards are raiding the people’s settlements more frequently for food. To monitor the movements of Javan leopards in the slope of Mt. Slamet, the Biodiversity Community Society (BCB) has installed camera traps in […]
