1/9 Sumatran Tiger

Sumatran Tiger: Tigers were once distributed widely from Turkey to the Indonesia island of Bali. This vast historical range has been greatly reduced in the last 200 years, through habitat loss, depletion of prey and killing of tigers. In Indonesia, the Javan and Bali Tigers have already become e [ ... ]

2/9 Sumatran Elephant

Sumatran Elephant: In the mid 1980s, Asian elephant populations were believed to persist in 44 populations on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Twelve of these populations occurred in Lampung Province, but WCS/GoI surveys revealed that only three were extant in 2002. Nevertheless, our surveys in [ ... ]

3/9 Maleo

Maleo: A bird whose chicks are born from the earth? Not fiction but fact, and found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The maleo bird is one of the island’s most fascinating creatures—an honor for which it must compete with bizarre animals such as the babirusa, whose tusks grow through it [ ... ]

4/9 Wildlife Crimes Unit

Wildlife Crimes Unit: Wildlife trade is a vast, international, multi-million dollar commercial enterprise worth up to $10 billion a year, as much as 70% of which is illegal. Within Asia, much of this trade starts from Indonesia, one of the worlds 10 ‘megadiverse’ countries and the largest sup [ ... ]

5/9 Integrating Conservation and Rural Development in Sulawesi

WCS is working in North Sulawesi to integrate conservation and environmentally sustainable natural resource management among rural communities. The goal of the project is to improve rural livelihoods while simultaneously benefiting the environment and forms part of the Indonesian “Kecamatan De [ ... ]

6/9 Forests and Islands Program

Indonesia is one of the world’s richest countries in terms of biodiversity, spanning 5,400 km along the equator and encompassing more than 17,000 islands. Indonesia has a large protected area network, however its coverage is uneven; both in terms of biodiversity and in terms of the allocation [ ... ]

7/9 Partnership Council of Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park

The Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park (BNWNP), located in the northern arm of the island of Sulawesi, is the largest protected area (287,115 ha) within Sulawesi and the single most important site for conserving Sulawesi's unique and rich terrestrial flora and fauna. The lowland rain forest cov [ ... ]

8/9 Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra

The Indonesia island of Sumatra contains some of the country's last great forest wilderness. The core of this is contained within the UNESCO world heritage site known as The Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra. This spans the Barisan Range of mountains that form the spine of Sumatra and incl [ ... ]

9/9 Sulawesi

Sulawesi is an exceptionally important area for biodiversity conservation. Of 127 mammals found in Sulawesi, 62% are endemic to the island while among 233 birds, 36% are endemic. These include the maleo (Macrocephalon maleo) which incubates their eggs in sun- or volcanic-heated soils, the babiru [ ... ]

Indonesia steps-up fight against Illegal orangutan trade

NEW YORK (June 22, 2010) – The Wildlife Conservation Society announced today a successful raid by Indonesian authorities in Pontianak, in West Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, that resulted in the arrest of three suspects who allegedly attempted to illegally sell a baby orangutan.

Perdagangan Primata Sumatera

Hutan sumatera menyimpan beraneka jenis primata. Tercatat 17 jenis primata hidup di habitat alaminya, mulai dari Aceh di Sumatera Bagian Utara sampai Lampung di sebelah …

1/9 Sumatran Tiger

2/9 Sumatran Elephant

3/9 Maleo

4/9 Wildlife Crimes Unit

5/9 Integrating Conservation and Rural Development in Sulawesi

6/9 Forests and Islands Program

7/9 Partnership Council of Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park

8/9 Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra

9/9 Sulawesi

Indonesia steps-up fight against Illegal orangutan trade

Perdagangan Primata Sumatera

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