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JAKARTA (FORESTHINTS.NEWS) - In a written message to mark World Rhino Day (Sep 22), Indonesian Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya emphasized that the country's efforts with respect to the Sumatran and Javan rhino must be kept alive to ensure these two rhino species are also kept alive, including through the continued growth of their populations and maintenance of their ecosystems.
“Indonesia remains optimistic and is continuing to work on the ground level with relevant stakeholders, among others, to make sure that the Sumatran and Javan rhino never come close to going extinct. Efforts to this end are ongoing during the pandemic,” said Minister Nurbaya.
"We are doing everything possible to keep these two key species not only alive but also thriving," she pointed out.
Minister Nurbaya also provided photos of the female Sumatran rhino Pahu in Suaka Badak Kelian, captured from July until World Rhino Day, as shown below.
“There are lots of things we can learn from Pahu. We need to maintain our efforts and keep praying, and hopefully our objectives with regard to Pahu can be achieved as planned,” the minister said.
On the ecosystem level, she underlined that the map of President Jokowi's permanent moratorium on the conversion of primary forests and peatlands, which includes the habitats of both the Sumatran and Javan rhino, is instrumental in keeping the two species alive and their populations growing.
“We continue to work according to evidence supported by science. We are doing our best to carry out our constitutional mandate. We do not work based on pressure from anyone against Indonesia," she said.
Minister Nurbaya also stressed that in tackling the climate crisis in collaboration with other countries, Indonesia consistently prioritizes the protection of key wildlife species and their major habitats as part of the country's permanent efforts.
“We don't work based on narratives that purport to be evidence based, but are in fact deceptive. For example, some claim that Sumatra's forests have been lost. This is clearly a misleading narrative,” the minister explained.
"In reality, Sumatra's forests still remain a major habitat for key wildlife species, including the Sumatran rhinos that reside in them," she asserted.
In the last part of her message, Minister Nurbaya reiterated that certain narratives are constructed without any regard to actual evidence. Such approaches, she added, are purely designed to put pressure on Indonesia and, apart from making a noise, are ineffective and reveal a lack of intelligence.
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JAKARTA (FORESTHINTS.NEWS) - In a written message to mark World Rhino Day (Sep 22), Indonesian Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya emphasized that the country's efforts with respect to the Sumatran and Javan rhino must be kept alive to ensure these two rhino species are also kept alive, including through the continued growth of their populations and maintenance of their ecosystems.
“Indonesia remains optimistic and is continuing to work on the ground level with relevant stakeholders, among others, to make sure that the Sumatran and Javan rhino never come close to going extinct. Efforts to this end are ongoing during the pandemic,” said Minister Nurbaya.
"We are doing everything possible to keep these two key species not only alive but also thriving," she pointed out.
Minister Nurbaya also provided photos of the female Sumatran rhino Pahu in Suaka Badak Kelian, captured from July until World Rhino Day, as shown below.
“There are lots of things we can learn from Pahu. We need to maintain our efforts and keep praying, and hopefully our objectives with regard to Pahu can be achieved as planned,” the minister said.
On the ecosystem level, she underlined that the map of President Jokowi's permanent moratorium on the conversion of primary forests and peatlands, which includes the habitats of both the Sumatran and Javan rhino, is instrumental in keeping the two species alive and their populations growing.
“We continue to work according to evidence supported by science. We are doing our best to carry out our constitutional mandate. We do not work based on pressure from anyone against Indonesia," she said.
Minister Nurbaya also stressed that in tackling the climate crisis in collaboration with other countries, Indonesia consistently prioritizes the protection of key wildlife species and their major habitats as part of the country's permanent efforts.
“We don't work based on narratives that purport to be evidence based, but are in fact deceptive. For example, some claim that Sumatra's forests have been lost. This is clearly a misleading narrative,” the minister explained.
"In reality, Sumatra's forests still remain a major habitat for key wildlife species, including the Sumatran rhinos that reside in them," she asserted.
In the last part of her message, Minister Nurbaya reiterated that certain narratives are constructed without any regard to actual evidence. Such approaches, she added, are purely designed to put pressure on Indonesia and, apart from making a noise, are ineffective and reveal a lack of intelligence
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