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Comment: Rhinoceros conservation programs

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The Jakarta Post
Thu, October 10, 2013

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Comment: Rhinoceros conservation programs

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ct. 5, p7

Five Asian countries, including Indonesia, have endorsed a joint resolution to launch rhinoceros conservation and breeding programs in national parks in Java and Sumatra as part of international efforts to save critically endangered Asian rhino populations from extinction.

The joint resolution was issued by representatives from Bhutan, India, Malaysia, Nepal and Indonesia after they attended the First Asian Rhino Range State Meeting in Bandar Lampung from Wednesday to Friday.

Your comments:

The main threats to rhinoceroses in Southeast Asia are habitat destruction and poaching. The Indonesian authorities should combat poaching, part of which is controlled by the mafia.

The Indonesian authorities should also be more committed to preserving intact the last tracts of primary forest, such as in the Gunung Leuser National Park in Aceh.

Instead of protecting the park, there is a plan to develop roads and oil palm plantations throughout the area.

One has to be consistent. Commitment to saving the rhinos and other wildlife from extinction needs to start by stopping the destruction of natural habitats.

S. Paijo

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