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Reference Base  Asian Rhino Specialist Group: triennial report 1997-2000 |
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Asia
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Sumatran rhino number about 3000 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
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Javan Rhino
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| The latest track and transect census conducted in late 1999 in Ujung Kulo National Park has estimated the populatio at 43-57, i.e. numbers still seem to be stagnating around 50, despite the general assessment that the carrying capacity of Ujung Kulon is perhaps as large as 100. A photographic cen... |
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Asia - East Asia - Vietnam
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Javan Rhino
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| In Vietnam, a coordinated photographic and fecal-DNA census is also being conducted for Rhinoceros sondaicus, where only seven to eight rhinos are estimated (by track/transect censuses in 1998 & 1999). This project is part of the major programme for conservation in Cat Tien National Park with fu... |
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Javan Rhino
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| about 70 |
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Asia
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Indian Rhino
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| 2500 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
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Javan Rhino
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| AsRSG report. In Indonesia, efforts to conserve this species have intensified over the last two years guided by recommendations from the Javan Rhino Colloquium conducted under the auspices of the ASRSG in 1997 with funds from USFWS RTCF and IRE Rhino Protection & Monitoring Units (i.e. teams tha... |
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Asia - East Asia - Vietnam
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Asian Rhino Species
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| In Vietnam, a coordinated photographic and fecal-DNA census is also being conducted for Rhinoceros sondaicus, where only seven to eight rhinos are estimated (by track/transect censuses in 1998 & 1999). This project is part of the major programme for conservation in Cat Tien National Park with fu... |
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| The ASRSG has continued to be very active during the current Triennium, 1997-2000. The revised action plan Asian Rhinos: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan, New Edition was published in 1997. ASRSG has continued its partnership with the International Rhino Foundation, which provides fin... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
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Sumatran Rhino
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| The Rhino Protection Units (RPUs) continue to operate in all areas where the species is known to survive in Indonesia and Malaysia. The RPUs do appear to be succeeding in controlling poaching for rhino, especially when compared to the situation for tigers which are being decimated in areas that ... |
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| In particular, the Global Environment Faciiity (G.E.F.)/United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Project 'Conservation Strategy for Rhinoceros Conservation in South East Asia-Indonesia and Malaysia' initiated at the end of the last Triennium continued under ASRSG coordination through December ... |
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