Conservation news on West Sumatra

Conservation news on West Sumatra - Mongabay

A conservation failure in Sumatra serves a cautionary tale for PES schemes. Cassie Freund 30 Jun 2022

Sumatran tiger confirmed killed by snare in Indonesia's West Sumatra province ... Children are invited to guess the type of medicinal plant from its aroma.

Rare Sumatran elephant calf born, boosting conservation hope

The female calf was born Monday at the Buluh Cina nature tourism park in Riau Province on the western island of Sumatra, local conservation ...

Sumatran tiger confirmed killed by snare in Indonesia's West ...

Lugi, the West Sumatra conservation agency head, said his office was responsible only for conservation forest areas, and that zones outside of ...

Walmart Foundation Invests in Wildlife Conservation Society to ...

Singkil Wildlife Reserve in Aceh Province in Indonesia has the highest density of Sumatran orangutans, a critically endangered great ape species ...

Eight human-wildlife conflicts in West Sumatra in three months

Lubuk Basung, W Sumatra (ANTARA) - The West Sumatra Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) recorded eight cases of human-wildlife ...

Reality check prevents deforestation on West-Sumatra | IUCN NL

This leads to confusion and conflicts, with people losing their farmland and with valuable pieces of primary forests being logged. Additionally, it makes it ...

Conservation News: Sumatran UNESCO World Heritage Site Facing ...

It contains a large part of the Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra (TRHS) World Heritage Site within its borders, a site that has been on UNESCO's “List of ...

Sumatra and Borneo | Animals, People and Threats | WWF

The islands' tropical climate and diverse ecoregions have created habitats that house thousands of unique species and the world's last remaining Sumatran tigers ...

A Sumatran rhino calf born in Indonesia adds to an endangered ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A critically endangered Sumatran rhino was born in Indonesia's western island of Sumatra on Saturday, the second ...

Protecting the Sumatran tiger in Bengkulu (Lingkar Inisiatif)

This project is reducing the poaching threat to Sumatran tiger in Bengkulu through building strong practical community collaborations .

Sumatran Orangutans' Rainforest Home Faces New Threat

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Saving the last Tapanuli orangutans - Conservation news - Mongabay

The orangutans are restricted to a small area of the Batang Toru ecosystem in Indonesia's North Sumatra province, where they face threats from the illegal ...

Kerinci Seblat Sumatran Tiger Project

The latest report from FFI shows clearly the impact felt by the Kerinci TPCU Rangers from COVID-19 during 2020. This long-running conservation project aims to ...

Biocultural Diversity Conservation Tourism: The Gamaran Protected ...

Tom Corcoran explores the impacts and benefits of conservation tourism for communities near the Gamaran Protected Forest in West Sumatra.

The race to protect the forests and wildlife of Sumatra's Thirty Hills

As deforestation became an existential threat to Sumatra's rain forests, WWF-Indonesia and other conservation groups started lobbying the government to ...

Balancing Act | San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

Agriculture, in conjunction with large-scale plantations, is driving deforestation in the region; only 13 percent of West Sumatra contains ...

Sumatran tiger - facts about Indonesia's last tiger

Fewer than 600 Sumatran tigers are estimated to remain in the wild. These magnificent, elusive big cats are listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red ...

Good News From Sumatra | Saving Nature

... conservation in the Leuser Ecosystem of Sumatra. Saving Nature expands Forest Protections in Sumatra Working in partnership with Forum ...

Norway to Support West Sumatra in Forest Conservation

As the program has reached its implementation phase, the government of West Sumatra is now set to develop a number of conservation projects, ...