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Bring Sipogu Back to Her Home

On July 23, 2021, Balai Konservasi Sumber Daya Alam (BKSDA, the Provincial Nature Conservation Agency) West Sumatra rescued a female Sumatran tiger from a palm oil plantation managed by PT. Pasaman Marama Sejahtera (PT. PMS). Currently the Sumatran tiger, later is named as Sipogu, is being taken care at the Kinantan Cultural Wildlife Park (TMSBK), […]

Geliat Jejak Macan Tutul Masih Terlihat di SM Cikepuh dan CA Cibanteng

Bogor, 16 Juni 2020. Macan tutul jawa, Panthera pardus melas, adalah kucing besar terakhir yang ada di pulau Jawa setelah harimau jawa dinyatakan punah pada tahun 1980an. Macan tutul merupakan satwa yang dilindungi undang-undang dan secara global digolongkan ke dalam kelompok yang kritis punah (Critically Endangered) dalam daftar merah IUCN, satu tingkat menuju kepunahan. Menyusutnya habitat dan […]

Uncover The Unrevealed Data: The Magnitude of Javan Leopard Removal from The Wild

Adhiasto, D. N., E. Wilianto, H. T. Wibisono.2020. Short Communication, Catnews, 71: 5-6. Abstract The Javan leopard Panthera pardus melas is one of three critically endangered  leopard subspecies. Despite threats from severe habitat fragmentation and isolation, the magnitude of Javan leopard removal from its natural habitats might have been overlooked by the Indonesian authorities and conservation […]

The Conservation Value of Forest Fragments in The Increasingly Agrarian Landscape of Sumatra

Weiskopf S. R, J. L. McCarthy, K. P. McCarthy, A. N. Shiklomanov, H. T. Wibisono, W. Pusparini.2019. Environmental Conservation. Abstract Destruction of tropical rainforests reduces many unprotected habitats to small fragments of remnant forests within agricultural matrices. To date, these remnant forest fragments have been largely disregarded as wildlife habitat, and little is known about […]

Identifying Priority Conservation Landscapes and Actions for The Critically Endangered Javan Leopard in Indonesia: Conserving The Last Large Carnivore in Java Island

Wibisono H. T.,H. A. Wahyudi, E. Wilianto, I. M. R. Pinondang, M. Primajati, D. Liswanto, M. Linkie.2018. PLoSOne, 13:1-13. Abstract With the extirpation of tigers from the Indonesian island of Java in the 1980s, the endemic and Critically Endangered Javan leopard is the island’s last remaining large carnivore. Yet despite this, it has received little […]

A Revised Global Conservation Assessment of The Javan Ferret Badger Melogale Orientalis

Wilianto E., H. T. Wibisono.2017. Small Carnivore Conservation, 54: 75-82. Abstract In 2008, Javan Ferret Badger Melogale orientalis was categorised as Data Deficient by The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, indicating that there was too little relevant information to assess its conservation status. According to the 2008 assessment, its known distribution was restricted to […]