Environmental
activists from the Foundation for Sustainable Ecosystem (YEL) mentioned
population orangutan (Pongo pygmaenus abelii) in Sumatra until 2012
lived 200 tail. The reduced population of orangutans due to damage to their habitat. "In
the early 2000s in the Sumatran orangutan populations above 1,000
animals, but in 2012 it was under 200 tail, since most are already
extinct due to their environment destroyed," said environmental advocate
YEL Halim in Meulaboh in Aceh on Monday (7 / 5). She
said the last investigation, the existence of orangutan is the largest
peat swamp forest in Tripa in Nagan Raya and Southwest Aceh, Aceh. However, during the existence of this hidden area, because there are certain parties will try to destroy their habitat. "Actually,
the last being the largest orangutan we see it in the Tripa peat swamp
area, but as long as this information is covered, because there will be
the opening of new land in this region," he added. Halim
said, as long as this issue heralded the existence of orangutans in the
Bukit Lawang, Langkat, North Sumatra, while the region is only a small
fraction of the population of this mammal. It
is said, due to land conversion of peat swamp forests into oil palm
Tripa from Singkil hingg Nagan Raya district, orangutan population
continues to shrink, because their habitat has been tampered with
irresponsible people. Therefore,
he advised the Ministry of Forestry to recommend the re-forestation and
forest peat swamp tripa mancabut land clearing permits which have been
awarded the Governor of Aceh Irwandi dikepemimpinan Yusf / M Nazar on
August 25, 2011. "Once
the permit is revoked, this tripa swamp area should be a protected area
outside the forest area in accordance with the national spatial
planning," he said. Moreover,
the existence of a thickness of 3-5 meters thick peat bogs will be able
to absorb water and protect local communities from natural disasters
such as floods that frequently occur during this time. "Because
land use in March 2012, residents here have breathing problems because
it has many firm canals, such as peat fires have been very easy," he
concluded.
In recent years, orangutan manages to be an icon that can make people mindful of conserving the forest. That habitat orangutanlah the victims when the expansion of oil palm land occur, especially in Kalimantan.Even
so, recent data from the Natural Resources Conservation Center (BKSDA)
of East Kalimantan and the Centre for Orangutan Protection (COP) to tell
the real conditions on the ground about orangutans. They
were forced to evacuate at least four of Muara Kaman orangutan
orangutan and two others from the estuary in July 2011 Wahau ago.
What they found is quite pathetic. There
is an orangutan mother was found dead and buried with the condition of
many of his former hit, two injured wrists and fingers broken.While in Central Kalimantan, COP identifies one orangutan skull and evacuated three people arrested orangutan. Four orangutanjuga skull was found in August 20, 2011.Have
not quite got there, dozens of orangutans are also often the target of
village residents Puan smacking, Ancalong Muara District, aquatic
mammal, being perceived as a destructive pest damage to crops and oil
palm crops. In an oil palm plantation concessions, villagers were cut off the head of wildlife.Hardi
Baktiantoro COP campaigners also say that the bounty hunters claimed to
have killed a lot of mother orangutan and plantation workers also claim
to deliberately spread the bananas that have been sprayed Furadan to
poison the orangutan.These facts, if true, is appalling. Unfortunately, to this day, the police did not well define one so there are no suspects and imprisoned. "It's disappointing and dangerous to the survival of orangutans," Hardi said through a press release.Assess
the deaths of tens of orangutan Hardi is not happening because of human
conflict with the primate species, but an attempt mass murder of
certain groups of greedy for personal profit. He
said he poked the government should dare to look at the fact that the
police are not making any progress to prevent the extinction of
orangutans in Borneo.Since at least the last 10 years, 12 thousand orangutans are killed by humans in all parts of Indonesia. "There
are about 2,400 to 12 thousand orangutans that have been killed by
humans. Especially since oil is considered pests. That's the main cause.
The second is loss of habitat," said Hardi again.Palm oil is not the only threat to the orangutan population. In
the West Kalimantan, orangutan experienced similar threats, population
decline, but due to poaching and illegal wildlife trade to be used as
pets and even as a food source.The expansion of palm oil may be needed to pursue economic growth targets, through increased exports of palm oil. But economic improvements do not deserve the price of orangutan extinction. Even those two things really is not worthy of being two things that can be interchangeable. Protect
the orangutan does not mean turning off the oil palm, and palm oil
expansion is inappropriate to make any damage to the habitat of
orangutans, let alone to sacrifice their lives.Orangutan is only one of the many types of wildlife in Indonesia who are victims because of oil palm plantations. In Riau heard many stories of elephants or tigers go to settlement.With
the more frequent events like this happen in Indonesia, we would like
to ask your opinion, what exactly is the problem here? Why did these events happen more often? And why would occur with increasing severity as well?What
should be done by the government began to address environmental
degradation, forests, and even, the possibility of extinction of animals
typical of Indonesia?
