Category — Indonesia

“The Indonesian island of Sumatra is home to some unique wildlife, whose natural habitat is shrinking under the increasing threat from illegal logging and oil palm plantations.” – BBC News

“WWF has discovered that ten endangered wild Sumatran elephants are being kept chained to trees without enough food or water in central Riau in Indonesia, having been made homeless by the complete destruction of their forest. The elephants were raiding crops and threatening a nearby village before being captured by local authorities ten days ago.” – WWF

“WWF is urging Indonesian forestry service officials in Sumatra’s Riau Province to stop capturing and translocating elephants.” – WWF -

“They’ve tried everything from sticks and stones to bullets to keep elephants away from their crops.” – Planet Ark

“Wild elephants trampled three farmers to death in a national park on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, as the villagers scavenged for lumber left behind by illegal loggers, a government official said on Friday.” – IOL

“Indonesia has asked Singaporean vets to airlift anti-tetanus vaccines for elephants helping in the massive post-tsunami clean-up.” – BBC NEWS

“About two miles inland from where Hasbi stands next to the beach, a group of young Indonesian soldiers stand ankle deep in mud, watching as two elephants wade through six feet of water surrounding a collapsed home. Because only so many bulldozers are available – perhaps 50 are deployed in Banda Aceh – the elephants are a welcome aid.” – csmonitor.com

“The parks are home to numerous sensitive animals, including elephants, tigers and orang-utans, and have the highest plant diversity levels in the world. ” – Green Consumer Guide

“Of particular concern in Indonesia, say the researchers, is the increasing amount of coffee planted in and around the Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park on the island of Sumatra. The plantations are putting pressure on the island’s last protected lowland forests and populations of Sumatran tigers, rhinoceroses, and elephants.” – National Geographic News