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In running its main activities including investigation, law enforcement, public campaign, and education; ProFauna Indonesia has been helped by its volunteers, which are called ProFauna Supporters, from all over Indonesia and overseas. Starting from becoming informants in wildlife trade, carrying banners and posters during the street campaigns, to helping the campaigners in school visits and education activities, ProFauna Supporters voluntarily help ProFauna to protect forest and wildlife in Indonesia.

(08/09/2011) The death of eight (8) Sumatran elephants in the Seblat Elephant Conservation Centre (locally abbreviated and known as PKG) in Bengkulu - Sumatera shows the lack of protection efforts. The loss of the endangered species had occurred in a short time, between January and July 2011. ProFauna suspects that the elephants had been poisoned and poached instead of natural death and urges the authorities to fully enforce the law on the cases.

Tanjung Benoa in Bali Island has been notoriously known as the hub of the green turtle trade. In general, the sea turtle trade in Bali has drastically dropped since the year 2000. However, the recent confiscation shows that the smuggling and trade of sea turtle keeps happening secretly because there is demand of the green turtle meat in the island.

ProFauna held its biennial conference inviting its 100 Supporters (local volunteers) from all over Indonesia and overseas. From 3^rd to 5^th June 2011, the theme "From the Ocean to the Jungle" was presented in ProFauna's education centre (www.p-wec.org) showing the protection and conservation of wildlife and forest in various ways in order to encourage the participants to actively involved in the efforts based on their skills and qualifications.

(06/06/2011) The Indonesian primates including apes and monkeys which have been further threatened by extinction due to the illegal wildlife trade and habitat loss have moved ProFauna Indonesia, a wildlife and forest protection organization in Indonesia, and the International Primate Protection League (IPPL) to raise awareness of the public on the protection of the animal group.

ProFauna's education centre (www.p-wec.org) has been optimising its main function to educate the public and raise their awareness of wildlife and forest conservation. As the centre is visited by more than 500 people a month, ProFauna tries to display as many education media as possible in every corner of its facilities, from the entrance gate to the toilet walls; visitors can learn the media by themselves.