Samarinda. East Borneo - Center for Orangutan Protection (COP) the national organization who concerned about the presence of endemic species of orangutans, urgently persuade BKSDA East Kalimantan Province to take immediate action to save the orangutans which have trapped in the area of oil palm plantations in East Kutai.
"We urge BKSDA Kaltim to immediately take the necessary steps because the condition of orangutans in the fragmented forest areas are so critically endangered," said Director of COP Ramadhani from Samarinda when contacted on last Tuesday.
Ramadhani was waiting for positive response from the orangutan rescue team to release orangutans which trapped in fragmented forests by region oil palm plantations owned by PT AE in East Kutai.
COP was also regret the shortness of time checking the orangutan trapped in the area of the plantation owned by PT AE, Ramadhani said.
"From 20 to March 21, 2016, COP together with PT AE BKSDA checking on the location of the trapped orangutan. However, they only found the nest and did not found any orangutans," he said.
"Of course, two days checking time was very brief, because ideally to do the checking takes at least one or two weeks," Ramadhani said.
On 16 April 2016, COP found two orangutans, one of them is still a kid, found on an old nest and the other one was walking in the area of oil palm plantations.
"The location where two orangutans was found are in the forest areas, that are already highly fragmented. The fragmented forest is in the process of cleared and burned, so that the orangutan will be pressured because their living space is getting narrowed," he said.
"They would starve to death, killed by oil workers because they considered as pests, killed by local people because they endanger the human safety, or killed by traditional hunters to be eaten or taken her baby for sale," Ramadhani said.
Source : http://goo.gl/qIeucy
No comments:
Write comments