New doctoral grad works to protect Sumatran tigers The smallest of the remaining tiger subspecies, the Sumatran tiger’s stature and striping are perfectly adapted for life in the Indonesian forest. But these adaptations offer little protection from the threats of poaching or habitat loss due to illegal logging, agricultural encroachment and climate change. Scientists estimate […]
Sumber: www.mongabay.co.id Tradisi di masyarakat Jawa menunjukkan, macan tutul jawa adalah simbol kemakmuran dan penjaga hutan yang menyediakan air dan udara segar bagi kehidupan masyarakat. Namun, spesies kucing besar ini sangat terancam punah dan terasing di petak-petak kecil hutan yang tersebar di Pulau Jawa, yang berpenduduk padat di Indonesia. Mongabay berdiskusi dengan ahli biologi Hariyo […]
On July 23, 2021, Balai Konservasi Sumber Daya Alam (BKSDA, the Provincial Nature Conservation Agency) West Sumatra rescued a female Sumatran tiger from a palm oil plantation managed by PT. Pasaman Marama Sejahtera (PT. PMS). Currently the Sumatran tiger, later is named as Sipogu, is being taken care at the Kinantan Cultural Wildlife Park (TMSBK), […]
Tapaktuan, 10 – 11 July 2021 – SINTAS Indonesia and Leuser Conservation Forum (FKL) are working together to strengthen the conservation of Sumatran wild cats that is effective and replicable for protection forests in Sumatra. Supported by PANTHERA, the program covers a buffer zone of the Leuser Ecosystem through applied research, conservation practice, and […]
Padang, 5 – 6 July 2021 – SINTAS Indonesia facilitated a training on Modelling Potential Release Site Using Historical Dataset for Sumatran Tiger for 10 officers from several regional conservation sections of BKSDA Sumatera Barat (Natural Resources Conservation Agency of West Sumatra). This training was carried out at the BKSDA Sumatera Barat office with hybrid system […]