Submitted by ProFauna Admin on Mon, 06/06/2011 - 10:00
(06/06/2011) The Indonesian primates including apes and monkeys which have been further threatened by extinction due to the illegal wildlife trade and habitat loss have moved ProFauna Indonesia, a wildlife and forest protection organization in Indonesia, and the International Primate Protection League (IPPL) to raise awareness of the public on the protection of the animal group.
Submitted by ProFauna Admin on Fri, 05/06/2011 - 11:00
ProFauna's education centre (www.p-wec.org) has been optimising its main function to educate the public and raise their awareness of wildlife and forest conservation. As the centre is visited by more than 500 people a month, ProFauna tries to display as many education media as possible in every corner of its facilities, from the entrance gate to the toilet walls; visitors can learn the media by themselves.
Indonesian forest degradation both in quantity and quality has moved a senior actor and recently a film director, Mathias Muchus, to get involved and take part in forest conservation campaign. Muchus who was awarded as the best leading actor in Indonesia's national film festival in 1988 has joined ProFauna and supported the organisation forest conservation campaign.
Submitted by ProFauna Admin on Fri, 04/08/2011 - 11:00
Animal welfare is a relatively new issue in Indonesia. There are still many cases of violence or cruelty to animals, including the illegal wildlife trade which causes suffering to animals due to bad handling and transportation, or inappropriate feeding. ProFauna believes that public awareness is very important to overcome those problems as the organisation has been developing a method to educate the public about animal welfare in Islamic approach because more than 200 millions Indonesian inhabitants are Moslem.
Submitted by ProFauna Admin on Fri, 03/11/2011 - 11:00
Sunday morning, February 20th, 2011, local volunteers of ProFauna Indonesia from all over East Java Province like Kediri, Pandaan, Probolinggo, and Malang cities and also a foreign volunteer from United Kingdom gathered in Curah Sawo mangrove coast, Probolinggo City (100 km from Surabaya) to bird watch.
Submitted by ProFauna Admin on Fri, 03/11/2011 - 11:00
ProFauna Indonesia is very serious and actively assists the government for forest protection from illegal logging and wildlife poaching as the organisation conducts joint patrol with the rangers of R Soerjo grand forest park, one of the remaining tropical rain forests in East Java. In the forest patrol held in February 2011, ProFauna not only provided financial support but also joined the patrol on the field.
