#endangered species

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LIPI to reveal many things about Wetar Island

Directly adjacent to Timor Leste, is Indonesias outermost island of Wetar in the district of Southwest Maluku, which ...

Forest fires threaten endangered animal species

The ongoing land and forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan have put the lives of endangered animal species there on ...

Rafflesia, Amorphopallus flowers declared endangered species: Research

The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) has said two rare native flowers species from the Sumatran forests, ...

Orangutans need immediate protection

The world celebrated International Orangutan Day on August 19 to recognize the great ape and to help encourage the ...

Indonesia ministry handling 27 cases of wildlife-related crimes

The Indonesia environmental affairs and forestry ministry is handling 27 cases of protected wildlife-related crimes, ...

Indonesian government must protect pig-nosed turtles from extinction

As the illegal trade of wildlife continues to flourish, the government needs to work harder to crack down on pet trade ...

Teenage twins sister launch project for proboscis monkey conservation

Two teenaged twin sisters named Gabriella Thohir and Giovanna Thohir have started the Bekantan Twins Project, an ...

Baby javan lutung born in Bali Zoo

A baby Javan lutung (Trachypithecus auratus) was born in Bali Zoo on June 13, the zoo's spokesperson Emma Kristiana ...

Police find four of five rare monkeys stolen from British zoo

British police have recovered four out of five monkeys, some from a critically endangered species, after launching a ...

Racing against time to save Riau`s biosphere reserve from fires

Sumatras Riau Province is badly hit by forest and plantations fires, and the largest number of the hotspots detected ...

Global efforts needed to raise public awareness of wildlife protection: Achim Steiner

The head of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on Monday (3/3) called for global efforts to raise the publics ...

Indonesia prioritizes saving of Javan, Sumatran rhinos

The population of one-horned Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus) and two-horned Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus ...

Leopard detected in conservation forests in East Java

The East Java chapter of the Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) has detected Javanese leopards (Panthera ...

The Minister of Forestry Inaugurated the First Asian Rhino Range States Meeting

- The Ministry of Forestry Zulkifli Hasan Inaugurated the First Asian Rhino Range States Meeting on October 2 at the ...

Park's administrator refuses transfer of sumatran rhinoceros to US

The administrator of Way Kambas National Park (TNWK) has refused the transfer of several Sumatran rhinoceros from the ...