----- Original Message ----- From: "Aulia Rahman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jejak Petualang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 1:58 PM Subject: [Jejak Petualang] Panda Passport : Sign your petition to save Sumatranelephants!
> Urgent action needed to save Indonesia's Sumatran elephants! > > Sign the e-petition > Go to : > http://passport.panda.org/campaigns/campaign.cfm?uNC=84597376&uCampaignId=1161 > > > On 21 March, ten endangered wild Sumatran elephants were found by WWF > chained to trees without food or water in central Riau in Indonesia. > They had been captured by the Provincial Forestry Service after feeding > on the crops of a nearby village. > WWF has since provided food, water and emergency medical care to the > elephants, but their fate remains uncertain. > > One of the endangered wild Sumatran elephants which were found by WWF > chained to trees without food or water in central Riau, Indonesia. > Only three weeks earlier, six other elephants had been found dead in an > illegal oil palm plantation in Riau, apparently poisoned in retaliation > for feeding in the plantation. > > Take action now and sign our petition to the Indonesian authorities > http://passport.panda.org/campaigns/action_epetition.cfm?uNC=86510955&uCampaignId=1161&uActionId=1881 > > > These are the latest casualties in the escalating conflict between > elephants and humans in central Sumatra, the direct result of > uncontrolled and often illegal destruction of the elephants' forest > habitat usually for oil palm and pulp. > > The Libo Forest, at the centre of the current conflicts, is one of only > few remaining retreats for elephants in central Sumatra. Balai Raja Duri > Wildlife Sanctuary, where the ten chained elephants were found, was > covered with 16,000 hectares of forest when it was declared in 1986. > Today, only 260 hectares remain. > > The loss of their habitat has resulted in massive conflicts between > humans and elephants who are forced to feed on the crops that have > replaced their natural foods. This causes huge damage not only to local > livelihoods but also to houses, other property, and sometimes causing > human death. In retaliation, elephants are poisoned and shot or die when > captured by the authorities. > > As a result, Riau's elephant population has dramatically fallen to only > around 400 in 2003, a decline of 50 per cent in just five years. > > Take action > This current crisis where humans and elephants are dying is > unnecessary. Human-elephant conflict can be avoided if elephants are > given enough room to live and if any conflict is professionally dealt > with. Sadly, this is not happening in Riau. > WWF is calling for the immediate end to all logging, encroachment and > conversion of elephant forests in Riau to protect the elephant's > remaining habitat. The government should also immediately extend the > size of the existing Tesso Nilo National Park from 38,000 hectares to at > least 100,000 hectares. > > Take action now and sign our petition to the Indonesian authorities > http://passport.panda.org/campaigns/action_epetition.cfm?uNC=86510955&uCampaignId=1161&uActionId=1881 > > > More about the Sumatran elephant > http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/species/our_solutions/endangered_species/elephants/asian_elephants/sumatran_elephant/index.cfm > > > Interactive Map on Elephant Distribution and Conflict in Riau, Sumatra > http://www.eyesontheforest.or.id/eofnew/ele_map_announcement.php > > Elephants made homeless on Indonesian island of Sumatra > http://www.panda.org/news_facts/newsroom/news/index.cfm?uNewsID=64520 > > WWF Indonesia > http://www.wwf.or.id/tessonilo/Default.php?ID=926 > > > > Desmarita Murni > Species Program Communications Officer > WWF-Indonesia > Kantor Taman A9, Unit A-1, > Jl. Mega Kuningan, Lot 8-9/A9 > Kawasan Mega Kuningan, Jakarta 12950 > Indonesia > Phone: +62-21-5761070 > cell: +62-811793458 > Fax: +62-21-5761080 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.wwf.or.id > > ============= > Respect, > Aulia Rahman (Mr.) > ------------------------------ > Programme Officer The UNFCCC Implementation > WWF Indonesia > > > kirim email ke [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Soe_Hok_Gie/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
