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View all search resultsElephants in Indonesia critically endangered with only 21 habitat areas
The government will issue a presidential instruction on rescuing the population and habitats of Sumatran and Kalimantan elephants.
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Preservation: A mahout feeds a domesticated elephant on Feb. 22, 2026, on its way to a small river at the Peusangan Watershed conservation response unit in Negeri Antara village, Bener Meriah regency, Aceh. (Antara/Arnas Padda)
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umatran and Kalimantan elephants are now critically endangered as their habitat areas have been reduced from 42 to 21, Forestry Ministry Raja Juli Antoni told a meeting with various nongovernmental organizations in Jakarta on Thursday.
The government will issue a presidential instruction on rescuing the populations and habitats of Sumatran and Kalimantan elephants.
Raja Juli said the progressive step was taken as a response to the conditions of Sumatran and Kalimantan elephants and their reduced habitat.
The policy is an operational base for interagency work. Currently, the presidential instruction draft is being circulated among ministries.
“The presidential instruction shows a strong commitment from President Prabowo Subianto to save our elephants. Our focus is how to execute those ideas in the field,” Raja Juli told representatives of nongovernmental organizations attending the meeting.
“Future governance must provide full orientation to conservation.”
One crucial point in the presidential decree is the integration of infrastructure with animal living space.
