Overall, the scientists recommend that Indonesia formally establish five “intensive protection zones”, identified in this study, to eliminate poaching.
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“With so many unknowns about how to manage rhinos in Sumatra, in the wild or in captivity, our study shows which places we must protect from the beginning,” adds Pusparini. Using data on rhino signs and their probabilities of occupying the places where these animals al predicted that rhinos only occupy 13% of the area studied.įive specific areas were identified as critical to saving these critically endangered rhinos, but this is only an overall estimate of their occupation to reduce the risk of poaching. Bambang Dahono Adji, Director of Biodiversity Conservation at the Ministry of Environment and Forests and Chairman of the Indonesian Rhino Conservation Secretariat says, “We welcome these important new findings that support Indonesia’s efforts to fully implement the Sumatran Rhino Action Plan. The research has identified the small, scattered populations that currently exist and must be consolidated to be viable.
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The scientists recommend that wildlife conservation managers consolidate existing small populations with strong protections for the animals, as well as determine the percentage of breeding females remaining and recognize the cost of “doing nothing. Wulan Pusparini, lead researcher of the study points out: “Sumatran rhinos can still be saved in their natural environment, but we must ensure areas of protection, which would require significant investments in law enforcement personnel. The work provides, according to the authors, vital data to support a last attempt to prevent the extinction of the Sumatran rhinoceros. Details are published in the latest issue of the journal PLoS ONE. Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst (USA) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Indonesia Program have conducted a study in this island nation of the last wild population of the Sumatran rhinoceros. The Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus Sumatran) is a critically endangered animal whose population has been drastically reduced to only four areas in Indonesia. It is estimated that only 87-179 specimens are currently in existence in Indonesia.
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Saving the last groups of the wild Sumatran rhino (Dicerorhinus Sumatran) is the aim of a study that identifies, for the first time, priority forest protection areas and “irreplaceable to save the critically endangered species,” according to the authors.