Joe Samalanga This story also appeared in Atjeh Post Elephant and human conflict reached five people casualties and one injured between 2014 – 2015 in Central Aceh. Secretary of Commission II, which oversees economy, natural resources and environment, at Aceh House of Representatives, H. Muhammad Amru, said that lack of fund can not be used […]
Sampit, Ekuatorial – After failed to save its mother, official managed to confiscate a baby orangutan captivated from a local villager of Menjalin, Parenggean sub-district, of Kotawaringin district, on Sunday (22/2), in Central Kalimantan. “The baby orangutan was captured by local villagers for ransacking their plantations. The mother had died from being shot and [they] […]
Sorong, Ekuatorial – West Papua Natural Resources Conservation Agency, or BKSDA, finally released confiscated Victoria crowned pigeons and yellow-crested cockatoos back to their wild habitat in North Salawati Nature Reserve of Raja Ampat, on Saturday (31/1). This was BKSDA’s third release of wild animals confiscated from illegal trading in 2014. “We have released black-capped lory […]
Sorong, Ekuatorial – With less sighting for the past decade, West Papua’s endemic Waigeo brushturkey (Aepypodius Bruijinii) was inches away from being extinct, said an activist, recently, in Raja Ampat, Papua. The Maleo Waigeo, as locals would call it, was first identified in 1880 by Outstalet and has yet to be seen in its natural […]
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Indonesia’s local biodiversity food was threatened as a result from weak food security planning from government, said an activist in Jakarta, on Tuesday (20/1). MS Sembiring, executive director of Kehati Foundation, said plants such as sago, taro plant, and yam can be found in Papua and Maluku, tubers can be found in […]
Palangka Raya, Ekuatorial – An orangutan was found dead allegedly from a trap near Parigi village, Mendawai sub-district, Katingan district, Central Kalimantan, said an activist on Friday (16/1). “We have a report from friends on field that there was an orangutan got killed because of pig trap in a village,” said Mamun Ansori of Central […]
Manado, Ekuatorial – North Sulawesi’s wildlife rescue center had been granted a total of US$25,000 from US government for its effort on conservation and rehabilitation during 2014. The funding, equals to Rp 316 million, was also aimed to fight illegal wildlife in Indonesia, in cooperation with North Minahasa Natural Resources Conservation Agency and the police, […]
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Scientists on Monday (29/12) dubbed climate change as big threat for Indonesia’s food security as there were decreasing pollinators leading to declining plants productivity. “With three to nine percent natural pollinators decreasing can contribute to drastic decline of crops and plantation productivity. Even a research in US stated that pollination by bees […]
Muara Teweh, Ekuatorial – World Wide Fund (WWF) spotted rhino’s footprints in East Teweh sub-district, North Barito district of Central Kalimantan, said a researcher in Muara Teweh, on Wednesday (17/12). “Our camera trap manage to record not only footprints of elephants but also rhinos,” said Habraham, WWF researcher adding that video trap was installed in […]
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