#natural habitat

Collection of natural habitat news, found 137 news.

Gembiraloka zoo to have penguin attraction ready by 2013

The Gembiraloka Zoo of Yogyakarta has set itself a target of completing a penguin attraction by 2013. The penguin ...

Sumatran tiger poaching remains high

The poaching of Sumatran tiger in Kerinci Seblat National Park, Jambi, remains high as 120 tiger meshes to trap the ...

Orangutans continue to face extinction in the wild

Increasing deforestation or the conversion of forest land into plantations has taken its toll on the natural habitats ...

Population of Sumatra elephants in critical condition

The population of Sumatra elephants (Elephas maximus sumatranus) living in Riau, Indonesia, is in critical condition ...

Panda-monium Hits London with the Launch of Chengdu Panda Awareness Week

- July 4th marks the international launch of Panda Awareness Week (PAW), with 108 costumed pandas performing a tai-chi ...

Greenpeace holds rally in front of KFC restaurant

Dozens of environmental activists from Greenpeace Indonesia held a rally at the parking lot of a Kentucky Fried ...

Orangutans Free At Last

In the Indonesian or Malay language, the word "orangutan" literally means "man of the forest", and this is not so ...

BSMP, Garuda cooperate to conserve Bali starling

Bali Safari & Marine Park (BSMP) on Friday established cooperation with PT Garuda Indonesia to conserve the Bali ...

Twenty Bali starlings to be released into habitat

Twenty Bali starlings (Leucopsar rothschildi) from European countries will be released into their natural habitat in ...

Number of threatened bird species in Indonesia increases

The number of threatened bird species in Indonesia has increased from 122 in 2010 to 123 in 2011, according to an NGO ...

More Indonesian bird species nearing extinction

More Indonesian bird species are threatened by extinction due to the loss of their habitat to forest destruction or ...

One dead as elephants run amok in India city

Two wild elephants trampled one person to death in a three-hour rampage in the southern Indian city of Mysore early ...

World Environment Day focuses on forests

The government organized an Indonesian Environment Week expo in Jakarta June 1-5 to mark World Environment Day (WED) ...

Minister: transportation ciggest source of gas emission in Jakarta

Environment Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta said transportation is the biggest source of greenhouse gas emission in ...

Who needs to buy orangutans?

Orangutans are among the world`s most endangered and protected animal species yet in reality they continue to be the ...