Wildlife and Forest Crime

PROFAUNA Indonesia urges the authority to take firm actions against a Facebook user named Van Watung, who posted a photo of himself carrying two dead sea turtles

We have come to the end of 2016. Throughout the year, Indonesia has been shaken up by lots of turmoils. Among the turmoils are of course issues regarding forest and wildlife protection

Photos of wildlife poaching activities posted on social media sees no decline in 2016. Showing no remorse, nor compassion, many people s

Feronica Natalia Saman, who posted photos of her hunting Birds of Paradise on Facebook, had sparked a massive internet rage

The fight against tiger trafficking is still on. Authorities are working hard to stop poaching and trade of the Sumatran Tiger

The largest wildlife trafficking involving pangolins took place in 2008 in Palembang, South Sumatera, where the authority seized 14 tons of frozen pangolins from a warehouse. The raid was suspected to be closely connected to other smuggling attempts foiled during that time in Vietnam, as local authorities believed that the pangolins came from Indonesia.