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Protect Wildlife: Demand sustainable palm oil

By amyvangelderNews

Palm oil produced according to the standards set by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) or Palm Oil Innovation Group (POIG), as of 2018, is required to be deforestation-free....

1st October 2021

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Evaluating the effect of forest loss and agricultural expansion on Sumatran tigers from scat surveys

By estherconwayConservation Papers, News

A new conservation paper has used Sumatran tiger genetics from poo to analyse how tiger populations across the island of Sumatra have been affected by high rates of habitat loss…

23rd May 2018

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Illegal loggers targeted in Kerinci Seblat National Park

By estherconwayFFI, News

In late March, illegal loggers who had set up camp in the Merangin District of Kerinci Seblat National Park were given 36 hours notice to quit before the local police...

1st April 2018

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Sumatran tiger survival threatened by deforestation despite increasing densities in parks

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract The continuing development of improved capture–recapture (CR) modeling techniques used to study apex predators has also limited robust temporal and cross-site analyses due to different methods employed. We develop...

14th December 2017

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Local knowledge suggests significant wildlife decline and forest loss in insurgent affected Similipal Tiger Reserve

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract Similipal Tiger Reserve is a large insurgent-affected protected area (PA) located in the northern Eastern Ghats, India, with a resident tribal population of about 12,500. In 2007-08, we carried...

25th June 2013

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