Wildlife and Forest Crime

A number of protected wildlife species were rescued from a smuggling attempt, though the smugglers escaped.

The trade of sea turtle shell-based souvenirs in tanjung Redeb, Berau, East Borneo has been falling off. According to surveys conducted by Protection of Forest & Fauna (PROFAUNA) Borneo, in February 2015 

The eight poachers who were detained on Tuesday evening had killed six Sumatran elephants in two provinces, the Riau Provincial Police said.

Sukron (32), a resident of Pakisaji district, Malang regency, was arrested by the Police of Malang and officers of Natural Resource Conservation Agency for selling protected wildlife species (23/1/2015).

According to a record of Protection of Forest & Fauna (PROFAUNA) Indonesia, there were at least 78 filed cases of wildlife crime in 2014.

A joint team of Pesanggaran police department and the rangers of Meru Betiri National Park arrested 4 poachers yesterday