Indonesian Conservation Media Center

New Policy Threatens Wildlife

The Director General of Centre for Nature Conservation Forest, Darori says a surprising statement:
anyone with Rp 1 billion (equivalent to USD 91,000) bail will be allowed to possess rare animals
under the auspices of the state. Darori even mentions the Sumatran tigers of which population
reaches only 300 as an example. “The idea is absurd because we all know that Indonesians having
more than Rp 1 billion of wealth outnumber the population of Sumatran tigers.”, says Herovan
Alfin, a legal expert at the Policy and Law Institute for Good Governance (Poligg).