WWF mempertaruhkan badak Sumatera dengan merilis gambar kamera trap
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WWF mempertaruhkan badak Sumatera dengan merilis gambar kamera trap
WWF mempertaruhkan badak Sumatera dengan merilis gambar kamera trap
Jeremy Hance
mongabay.com
9 Oktober 2013
Pada tanggal 2 Oktober, WWF merilis video kamera perangkap badak Sumatera yang masih hidup di Kalimantan, Kalimantan, Indonesia. Organisasi konservasi telah mengumumkan pada bulan April bahwa mereka memiliki bukti setidaknya satu badak Sumatera di provinsi ini. Meskipun ini berita baik bagi binatang pada tepi kepunahan, Erik Meijaard, seorang peneliti yang telah bekerja di Indonesia selama lebih dari 20 tahun, WWF telah melakukan kesalahan mempublikasikan berita di seluruh dunia.
" Apa yang WWF seharusnya
dilakukan adalah tetap tenang, lobi untuk melindungi hutan dan pembentukan
manajemen konservasi yang efektif ...
Perburuan badak untuk pasar gelap untuk tanduk mamalia
besar terus meroket . Ribuan badak telah tewas dalam beberapa tahun terakhir
saja di seluruh Afrika dan juga di bagian Asia mana populasi mereka jauh lebih
kecil . Meijaard kekhawatiran bahwa dengan membuat informasi publik ini , WWF
telah menempatkan populasi badak Sumatera di Kalimantan beresiko .
Dalam siaran pers , WWF mengatakan telah menyiapkan
patroli on-the-ground di hutan
dimana badak bertahan hidup .
" Sebuah tim pemantau gabungan dari administrasi Kutai Barat , Rhino Protection Unit , dan WWF telah melakukan patroli rutin di seluruh wilayah , " kata Nazir Foead , Direktur Konservasi WWF - Indonesia . " WWF menyerukan semua pihak , di Indonesia dan di seluruh dunia , untuk segera bergabung dengan upaya pelestarian badak Indonesia . "
Namun , patroli penjaga satwa liar / rangers belum menghentikan perburuan badak di negara-negara seperti Afrika Selatan , Nepal , dan kenya.
Badak Sumatera ( Dicerorhinus sumatrensis ) adalah mamalia yang paling terancam punah di dunia . Para ilmuwan baru-baru ini memperkirakan bahwa kurang dari 100 ada di alam liar , populasi pecah bertahan di Sumatra dan Kalimantan . Konservasionis sedang berusaha mengembangbiakkan badak dalam kondisi semi- captive di Sumatera dan Sabah ( Borneo Indonesia ) serta di Kebun Binatang Cincinnati . Antara tiga lembaga pemuliaan , saat ini ada sepuluh badak .
" Sebuah tim pemantau gabungan dari administrasi Kutai Barat , Rhino Protection Unit , dan WWF telah melakukan patroli rutin di seluruh wilayah , " kata Nazir Foead , Direktur Konservasi WWF - Indonesia . " WWF menyerukan semua pihak , di Indonesia dan di seluruh dunia , untuk segera bergabung dengan upaya pelestarian badak Indonesia . "
Namun , patroli penjaga satwa liar / rangers belum menghentikan perburuan badak di negara-negara seperti Afrika Selatan , Nepal , dan kenya.
Badak Sumatera ( Dicerorhinus sumatrensis ) adalah mamalia yang paling terancam punah di dunia . Para ilmuwan baru-baru ini memperkirakan bahwa kurang dari 100 ada di alam liar , populasi pecah bertahan di Sumatra dan Kalimantan . Konservasionis sedang berusaha mengembangbiakkan badak dalam kondisi semi- captive di Sumatera dan Sabah ( Borneo Indonesia ) serta di Kebun Binatang Cincinnati . Antara tiga lembaga pemuliaan , saat ini ada sepuluh badak .
Belum lama ini, sebagian konservasionis percaya badak Kalimantan
akan pergi
untuk selamanya,. Selama berabad-abad, badak Kalimantan menghadapi
berburu tanpa henti, terutama oleh orang-orang nomaden hutan di daerah
tersebut, menurut Meijaard. Namun,
pada akhir abad ini, pemerintah
Indonesia telah dimukimkan
kembali orang-orang nomaden
ke desa-desa, mengakhiri budaya nomaden mereka dan, secara
tidak sengaja, dan
biasanya berburu badak biasa
. Menurut Meijaard, penurunan tekanan perburuan kemungkinan memungkinkan badak hidup untuk berkembang biak dan mungkin bahkan meningkat dalam populasi. Namun, Meijaard mengatakan mereka / pemburu membunuh badak di Kalimantan baru-baru ini hingga 2000.
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Jeremy Hance
mongabay.com
October 09, 2013
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October 09, 2013
On October 2nd, WWF released camera trap videos of Sumatran rhinos
surviving in Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. The conservation organization had
already announced in April that they had evidence of at least one Sumatran
rhino in the province, but the new images confirmed what is likely to be a
small surviving population. While this is good news for an animal on the edge
of extinction, Erik Meijaard, a researcher who has worked in Indonesia for over
20 years, says WWF has made a mistake publicizing the news around the world,
noting "the last thing those rhinos need is publicity."
"What WWF should have done is keep quiet, lobby in the background
for the protection of the forest and the establishment of effective
conservation management...Only, when everything was in place to deliver
long-term effective management with experienced and preferably well-heeled
conservation partners, then WWF could have considered announcing that they had
effectively protected the last rhinos of Kalimantan for over 10 years and that
the population had boomed," Meijaard told mongabay.com. "What they
are doing now is seeking to fast-track solutions, but such quick solutions do
not work in Indonesia. And with a few rhinos in their area, the margin for
error is zero."
Rhino poaching to fuel the black-market trade for the big mammal's horns has skyrocketed recently. Thousands of rhinos have been killed in the last few years alone across Africa and also in parts of Asia where their populations are much smaller. Meijaard fears that by making this information public, WWF has put the population of Sumatran rhinos hanging on in Kalimantan at risk.
Rhino poaching to fuel the black-market trade for the big mammal's horns has skyrocketed recently. Thousands of rhinos have been killed in the last few years alone across Africa and also in parts of Asia where their populations are much smaller. Meijaard fears that by making this information public, WWF has put the population of Sumatran rhinos hanging on in Kalimantan at risk.
In a press release, WWF says it has set up on-the-ground patrols in the
forests where the rhinos survive.
"A joint monitoring team from the Kutai Barat administration, Rhino
Protection Unit, and WWF have been conducting regular patrols around the
area," said Nazir Foead, Conservation Director of WWF-Indonesia. "WWF
calls on all parties, in Indonesia and around the world, to immediately join
the effort to conserve the Indonesian rhinoceros."
However, wildlife rangers and consistent patrolling have not stopped rhino poaching in countries like South Africa, Nepal, and Kenya among others.
Sumatran rhinos (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) are among the world's most endangered mammals. Scientists have recently estimated that less than 100 exist in the wild with tiny, splintered populations persisting on Sumatra and Borneo. Conservationists are currently attempting to breed rhinos in semi-captive conditions in Sumatra and Sabah (Indonesian Borneo) as well as in the Cincinnati Zoo. Between the three breeding institutions, there are currently ten rhinos.
However, wildlife rangers and consistent patrolling have not stopped rhino poaching in countries like South Africa, Nepal, and Kenya among others.
Sumatran rhinos (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) are among the world's most endangered mammals. Scientists have recently estimated that less than 100 exist in the wild with tiny, splintered populations persisting on Sumatra and Borneo. Conservationists are currently attempting to breed rhinos in semi-captive conditions in Sumatra and Sabah (Indonesian Borneo) as well as in the Cincinnati Zoo. Between the three breeding institutions, there are currently ten rhinos.
Not long ago, most conservationists believed the rhinos of Kalimantan
were gone for good, however rumors persisted. For centuries, Kalimantan's
rhinos faced relentless hunting, especially by the nomadic forest people in the
area, according to Meijaard. However, by the end of the century, the government
of Indonesia had resettled these nomadic people into villages, ending their
nomadic culture and, unintentionally, regular rhino hunts. According to
Meijaard, the reduction in hunting pressure likely allowed the few surviving
rhinos to breed and perhaps even increase in population. Still, hunters told
Meijaard they killed a rhino in Kalimantan as recently as 2000.
"The problem is that no one in Indonesia, apart possibly from the Ujung Kulon people, have been able to stop rhino poaching," says Meijaard.
"The problem is that no one in Indonesia, apart possibly from the Ujung Kulon people, have been able to stop rhino poaching," says Meijaard.
