 Reference Base  Asian Rhino Specialist Group: triennial report 1997-2000 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java |
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Distribution - Records |
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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 that conduct anti-poaching patrols and collect relevant biological data on the rhino) have been established on the model of the Rhino Protection Units (RPUs) that have been operating since 1995 for Sumatran Rhino. The RPMU Programme is jointly sponsored by the International Rhino Foundation (IRF) and WWF-Indonesia Programme (WWF-IP) with significant support from many of the WWF National Organizations (WWF-- Netherlands, WWF-UK, WWF-US, WWF-Switzerland). The US Fish & Wildlife Service Rhino and Tiger Conservation Fund (USFWS RTCF) is a major supporter of this programme. 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 census using camera-traps is being conducted by Nazir Focad of WWF-- Indonesia Programme (WWF-IP) with significant support from the Bowling for Rhinos Programme of the American Association of Zoo Keepers (AAZK) through the Adopt-A-Park Programme of the Minnesota Zoo. A coordinated fecal-DNA population study is also being conducted by WWF-IP with support from the WWF system.
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