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THE MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT SUPPORTS THE WORK DONE BY THE LIF

Thursday, 17 January 2013 12:09 | Last Updated on Friday, 18 January 2013 09:20 | Posted by |

Photo: Jamal Gawi, Chairperson of the LIF Board of Directors,

presents a camera trap photo of the Sumatran rhino

to Minister for the Environment, Prof. Dr. Balthasar Kambuaya.

Jamal Gawi, Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Leuser International Foundation (LIF), accompanied by Doris Pandjaitan (Vice Chairperson), Dwiyanto Prihartono (Secretary), Tuti Pujiarti (Treasurer) and Syarifah Nuly Nazlia (Deputy Secretary) called on the Minister for the Environment, Prof. Dr. Balthasar Kambuaya, in Jakarta on 7 November 2012 .

Aceh draft bylaw risks forests, say activists

Monday, 18 March 2013 11:13 | Last Updated on Monday, 18 March 2013 11:23 | Posted by |

Environmental activists have called on the government to review the draft spatial planning bylaw proposed by the Aceh administration, which they say is putting the province’s protected forests at risk.

THE SAFEGUARDING OF GUNUNG LEUSER NATIONAL PARK WILL BENEFIT THE ENDEMIC WILDLIFE SPECIES

Tuesday, 22 January 2013 13:40 | Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 January 2013 15:12 | Posted by |

(Analisa, 14 January 2013)

Talking to an Analisa reporter in Medan on 10 January 2013, Tarmizi (Leader of the Rhino Protection Unit of Leuser International Foundation) said that the safeguarding of Gunung Leuser National Park (TNGL) will benefit the endemic wildlife species including the Sumatran rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis). Tarmizi added it would take 15 to 45 days of travel in the TNGL area to gain access to the Sumatran rhino habitat area.

RARE RED LEECH FOUND IN TNGL AREA

Tuesday, 22 January 2013 13:49 | Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 January 2013 14:53 | Posted by |

(Analisa, 19 January 2013)

Tarmizi, Leader of the Rhino Protection Unit (RPU) funded by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), told an Analisa reporter in Medan on 18 January 2013 that a LIF-BBTNGL joint expedition team recently came across a red leech (a rare species previously known to exist in Kinabalu Park in Malaysia only) while they were climbing Mount Leuser. Tarmizi added the team is currently seeking information (literature) on the presence of this species in Indonesia and whether it is found in Sumatra only.

HUMAN NAIL FOUND IN FECES OF LEUSER TIGER

Friday, 18 January 2013 11:08 | Last Updated on Friday, 18 January 2013 11:29 | Posted by |

Unofficial English Version:

A joint flora survey team consisting of Gunung Leuser National Park (BBTNGL) officials and members of the LIF’s Leuser Rhino Protection Unit (RPU) were shocked to find human nail in the feces of a Sumatran tiger in the climbing route to the summit of Mount Leuser (Gunung Leuser) in early January 2013.

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