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NGOs EXPRESS CONCERN OVER WILD ANIMAL-RESIDENT CONFLICT
Palembang, Indonesia, Nov 10 (ANTARA) - A number of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have expressed concern over the conflict between protected wild animals and local residents in the surrounding areas of in a number of forest conservations in Sumatra, an NGO activist said.
"We believe that conflict between surrounding local residents and protected wild animals in the forest and conservation areas in South Sumatra and Lampung provinces as well as in other parks in Sumatra is still going on," activist Giyo of WATALA NGO, who is assisting the Wildlife Conservation Society-Indonesia Program (WCS-IP), said here on Sunday.
Giyo who is tasked with observing the Way Kambas National Forest Park (TNWK) in East Lampung district, said local residents still complained of disturbance of elephants which came from the TNWK.
Herds of elephants often entered the local residents' resettlement and destroyed their plantations. "A herd of 30 elephants came out of the TNWK last night and entered the local residents' plantation areas in Braja Asri village, Way Jepara, East Lampung," he said.
The activist said the elephant herd previously entered a project area in Labuhan Ratu 6 for two consecutive nights. They destroyed local residents' crops.
Dwi Nugroho Adiastho of the Wildlife Crime Unit previously also expressed concern on the hunt of protected wild animals.
He said the conflict with local residents posed a threat to protected animals which faced hunting from surrounding inhabitants like in Lampung's national forest park and those other parks in Sumatra such as in Bengkulu, Aceh, West Sumatra and Jambi.
Therefore, he said, efforts and cooperation among the local people, government and non governmental organizations were needed to safeguard protected animals from the threats of people's poaching.
"Thereby, the animals could be protected before the conflict between them creates negative impact on both local people and the animals," he added.
"We believe that conflict between surrounding local residents and protected wild animals in the forest and conservation areas in South Sumatra and Lampung provinces as well as in other parks in Sumatra is still going on," activist Giyo of WATALA NGO, who is assisting the Wildlife Conservation Society-Indonesia Program (WCS-IP), said here on Sunday.
Giyo who is tasked with observing the Way Kambas National Forest Park (TNWK) in East Lampung district, said local residents still complained of disturbance of elephants which came from the TNWK.
Herds of elephants often entered the local residents' resettlement and destroyed their plantations. "A herd of 30 elephants came out of the TNWK last night and entered the local residents' plantation areas in Braja Asri village, Way Jepara, East Lampung," he said.
The activist said the elephant herd previously entered a project area in Labuhan Ratu 6 for two consecutive nights. They destroyed local residents' crops.
Dwi Nugroho Adiastho of the Wildlife Crime Unit previously also expressed concern on the hunt of protected wild animals.
He said the conflict with local residents posed a threat to protected animals which faced hunting from surrounding inhabitants like in Lampung's national forest park and those other parks in Sumatra such as in Bengkulu, Aceh, West Sumatra and Jambi.
Therefore, he said, efforts and cooperation among the local people, government and non governmental organizations were needed to safeguard protected animals from the threats of people's poaching.
"Thereby, the animals could be protected before the conflict between them creates negative impact on both local people and the animals," he added.
