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Reference Base  Country report - Indonesia: Rhino management in Indonesia |
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| Title: |
Country report - Indonesia: Rhino management in Indonesia |
| Author(s): |
Atmawidjaja, R. |
| Year published: |
1987 |
| Journal: |
Rimba Indonesia |
| Volume: |
21 (1) |
| Pages: |
70-74 |
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| File: |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Poaching for the horn, and reduction of habitat which is being converted to other land uses. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Small group found in Berbak Game Reserve in Jambi. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
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| 1931, Both species protected under the ordinance on the Wildlife protection 1931, Np. 134 and No. 266, stating that ?it is prohibited for hunting, capturing, killing and possessing any live or dead specimen or its parts and derivatives.' The agency to enforce the act is the Department of Forestr... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Small group found in Torgamba area, between North Sumatra and Riau Province). |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| The capture is carried out in a destroyed and doomed rhino habitat which is no longer possible to rehabilitate. The forest area is being converted to oild palm plantations. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Ecology - Food
Javan Rhino
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| Ujung Kulon, Java. Diet includes an overabundance of leaves. It seems that there have been very significant changes in the composition of forest trees in its habitat in Ujung Kulon, especially in its preferred food plants. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Poaching
Asian Rhino Species
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| Poachers catch and kill rhino using special traps with spears which can stab the animal in the back. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| In U.K. occupies restricted areas, especially lowlands and swamps upto 1000 m above sea level. It prefers shade and bush and avoids open areas. It seems that there have been very significant changes in the composition of forest trees, especially in its preferred foodplants. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
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| Poaching; outbreak of disease; reduction of habitat. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| In the Gunung Tuju forest and some are found along the Seblat River in Bengkulu. |
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