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Security officers rescue endangered animal in West Sumatra

Security officers, deployed for securing the 2019 post-fasting festivities at the Agam District Police Station, West ...

Eleven Dutch students study biodiversity in Sukabumi

Eleven students and their teachers from Groenhorst College, the Netherlands, learned about biodiversity by observing ...

Apusan forest's illegal logging is death warrant for rare animals

Extensive illegal logging in the Apusan preserved forest, Tambakrejo Village, Malang, endangers the existence of rare ...

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Protecting Orangutans in natural habitat deemed crucial

- as well as three females -- Borneos mother Buntok (12), Paijah (15), and Danida (13). All six of the orangutan ...

YOSL-OIC seizes and rescues 10 orangutans during January-March period

The Lestari Sumatran Orangutan Foundation-Orangutan Information Center (YOSL-OIC) has seized and rescued at least 10 ...

Pangolin smugglers jailed for three years

The Bengkalis Class II District Court here on Wednesday sentenced two smugglers of 101 protected pangolins (Manis ...

Deforestation threatens orangutan population

Environmental crimes such as illegal logging and conversion of rain forests into oil palm plantations are putting ...

Bali Zoo hosts sumatran tigers

The Bali Zoo on the Indonesian island resort of Bali is currently hosting two sumatran tigers (Panthera tigris ...

Indonesia to repatriate four smuggled orangutans from Thailand

The Indonesian government is preparing a plan to repatriate four orangutans that were smuggled and then found in ...

EARTH WIRE -- Conservation agency estimates only 17 Sumatran tigers left in Bengkulu forest

The Natural Resource Conservation Agency (BKSDA) of Bengkulu Province has estimated that only 17 Sumatran tigers ...

Police seizes 2.5 tons of pangolin meat in Jambi

Jambi Police confiscated 2.5 tons of pangolin (Manis javanica) meat and arrested three persons who were suspected of ...

Wildlife trafficking represents serious crime: Indonesian NGO

Illegal wildlife trade is a serious crime that according to the United Environment Program (UNEP) is similar to drug ...

Around 100 Sumatran tigers live in Mount Leuser National Park

A recent study has shown that there are only around 100 Sumatran tigers (Panthera tigris Sumatrae) currently ...

Endangered snow leopards spotted at Mt. Qomolangma

Wild snow leopards were caught on camera in a Tibetan county at the north face of Mt. Qomolangma, suggesting that the ...

Ramadhani sentenced for 2 years for trading orangutans

The district court of Langsa, Aceh, sentenced Ramadhani to two years in jail after he was proven guilty of trading ...