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The Realities of Community-Led Conservation in Protecting Pangolins
The Realities of Community-Led Conservation in Protecting Pangolins

Earlier this year, 109kg of pangolin scales were seized just south of the city of Pontianak by Kalimantan’s Environmental and Forestry Law Enforcement Agency (Gakkum) [Ref]. That represents 179 individual Sunda pangolins - if we go by Yang et al’s calculations [Ref] - poached from the wild and stripped of their scales for sale. This one seizure, in which 3 were arrested, follows a pattern of seizures, arrests, and prosecutions of pangolin traders in West Kalimantan over the last few years. In one of the largest cases from 2023, experts claimed up to 2000 pangolins could have been killed for the scales in just one seizure.

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Aurore Maxeypangolins, wildlife, protection, illegal wildlife trade, Community-Led Initiatives, endangered species, smart patrol, poachingComment
World Wildlife Day: community-led conservation saving species
World Wildlife Day: community-led conservation saving species

The conservation, protection and management of the wild species that dwell in the forests, mangroves, rivers, and oceans of Indonesia is a critical component of a healthy ecosystem. Maintaining a biodiverse landscape when the world is on the brink of a sixth mass extinction event is becoming more challenging every day. Our holistic core model is designed to put communities at the center and we employ both in-situ and ex-situ conservation programs to restore and maintain the balance between humans and nature.

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Josephine Crouchwildlife, Gunung Nyiut, Gunung Naning, Kubu Raya, smart patrol, helmeted hornbill, community-ledComment