PROFAUNA's Ranger team went on a round of patrols to clear wildlife traps from protected forests around East Java during August 2020, started from Malang regency.
A Javan langur (Trachypithecus auratus) was found dead on the edge of the hiking trail to Cemorokandang Hill, Princi Sub-village, Gadingkulon Village, Dau District, Malang Regency, East Java in Indonesia.
Sugianto added that, the activity was moved by the public concerns about the condition of the forests that were cut down after the reform era in 1998. In fact, within the last two years, the condition of the protected forests in Sendiki continues to deforest.
NGO Coalition consisting of PROFAUNA Indonesia, the Indonesian Turtle Foundation (YPI), Turtle Foundation and Too Rare to Wear launches a campaign entitled "Cool without Hawksbill Scales" (Keren Tanpa Sisik, the Indonesian Version) to reduce the trade of hawksbill turtle byproducts.
The looting in Sendiki Protected Forest, Sumbermanjing Wetan Subdistrict, Malang Regency in East Java -Indonesia, continues to occur rampantly. Monitoring by PROFAUNA Indonesia on 9 January 2020
Farmers of the Forest Farmers Group (Kelompok Tani Hutan/KTH),Tambakrejo village, Sumbermanjing Wetan, Malang regency, East Java has been coming to the community nursery (Kebun Bibit Rakyat/KBR) to pick up tree seedlings