Wildlife and Forest Crime

A joint team of Pesanggaran police department and the rangers of Meru Betiri National Park arrested 4 poachers yesterday

Rangers from the Nature Conservation Agency Area I, North Maluku, rescued 10 lories and cockatoos in Ternate, North Maluku, in a raid held on 20-23 August 2014. 

Sentenced guilty by the judges of Medan district court for illegally trading protected wildlife species, Dede Setiawan, currently resides in Jalan Selamat, Medan, is going to spend 16 months in jail.

Illegal wildlife trade rate in Indonesia is still high, as can be referred from the wildlife crime record between January-June 2014.

PROFAUNA found a Facebook account named Ricky Werang who uploaded a photo album entitled "Berburu Beruang" ("Bear Hunting") on Thursday (5/6/2014), which ironically is also World's Environment Day.

Nature Conservation Agency (NCA) of Ternate, North Maluku, seized two Chattering Lorries (Lorius garrulus) from a dealer in Jalan Ahmad Yani, Ternate, Maluku