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Islands in focus: Customary rule needed to protect rare bird
GIANYAR: Local administrations and customary functionaries in Bali have agreed to propose awig-awig (customary rules) to help preserve the population of Bali starlings on the resort island, which also serves as a natural habitat for the critically endangered bird
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IANYAR: Local administrations and customary functionaries in Bali have agreed to propose awig-awig (customary rules) to help preserve the population of Bali starlings on the resort island, which also serves as a natural habitat for the critically endangered bird.
The rules, for example, will allow registered breeders to breed the species as long as they have proper facilities.
'There will also be an agreement that a breeder must return at least 10 percent of the birds to life in the wild,' Environment and Forestry Ministry director general for ecosystem and natural resource conservation Tachrir Fathoni said on Friday.
Through a series of release programs, the population of the birds has now increased to around 200 from only five in 2004.
'The implementation of customary rules will be culturally binding. Those who breed Bali starling will be well recorded,' said Ida Dalem Semarapura, a local religious leader.
