Category: Biodiversity

Decline forest areas trigger man-elephant conflict in Lampung

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Bandarlampung, Ekuatorial – Declining forest areas had increased elephant and human conflict in Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, in Lampung, said an activist recently. Ali Rizqi Arasyi, Park Management Coordinator of WWF Project Lampung, said that habitat loss triggered elephants ravaging villagers’ plantations and houses, especially Sukaraja village of Tanggamus district, Pemerihan and Sumberejo villages […]

Losing food, thousands of apes stormed out of Mount Merapi

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Klaten, Ekuatorial – Thousands of apes were seen storming out from Mount Merapi, in Central Java, allegedly caused by long dry season, said a local villager on Wednesday (15/10). “These apes are considered very unique because they rarely leaving the mountain, unless it’s a critical situation,” said Djemakir, head of Sidorejo village, Klaten, Central Java. […]

52 percent world’s biodiversity loss, Indonesia needs to make changes

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Jakarta, Ekuatorial – As world’s biodiversity decline sharply for the past forty years, Indonesia needed to change its production and consumption patterns to avoid further environmental destruction, said CEO WWF-Indonesia Efransjah, in Jakarta, on Friday (10/10). Talking at the WWF Living Planet Report 2014 Launching, Efransjah said that Indonesia has become too ambitious to become […]

Massive encroachment pushing orangutan Kalimantan to the ocean

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Pangkalanbun, Ekuatorial – Thousands of orangutans in Tanjung Putting National Park of Central Kalimantan were being pushed to the oceans as their habitat constantly encroached and deforested by oil palm plantations and mining industries, said an activist on last Thursday (25/9). “[We are facing] boundaries issues as the National Park covered 415,040 hectares of which […]

Not only humans, orangutans affected by forest fires in Kalimantan

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Palangka Raya, Ekuatorial – Thick smog resulted from massive forest fires in Central Kalimantan not only affecting human health but also endangered species, particularly orangutan, said an activist on Wednesday (24/9). Monterado Fridman, Coordinator of Communication Division, Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOS) in Nyaru Menteng, said that there were at least 20 orangutans suffered acute […]

Only two days apart, two Sumatran elephants found dead in Aceh

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Two more elephants found dead without tusks and heads in Jambo Reuhat village, East Aceh, on Monday (8/9). Officials were startled by the findings as only two days before they have found a male elephant carcass in Krueng Sabee, Aceh Jaya. Teams have been sent out for further investigation. Read full article on Atjehpost.co.

Officials dispatched team to investigate Sumatran elephant death

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Aceh officials dispatched forensic teams on Monday to investigate elephant’s death in Krueng Sabee, Aceh Jaya district, Aceh province. Villagers discovered a male elephant carcass in the Sungai Cengkeh forest areas, located in Pangong village, Aceh Jaya, on last Saturday (6/8). Idrus, a local villager, said that the 20-year-old elephant might have been dead for […]

The Degenerate of Javan Lutung Population in Malang

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The population of Javan Lutung (Trachypithecus auratus) on the slopes of Mount Arjuna, Malang, East Java was decreased according to a monitoring from Protection of Forest and Fauna or Profauna. This is occur due to constriction of Lutung habitat caused by the widespread of fields and farms. Survey by Profauna in January-July of 2014 found […]