Biodiversity and Conservation in Indonesia

Compiled by the Interdisciplinary Minor in Global Sustainability at the University of California, Irvine.

FOREST FIRES INDONESIA

Southeast Asia Rainforest Fore Crisis (WWF)

Interactive map from the Lonely Planet Guide

THE INDONESIAN NATURE CONSERVATION DATABASE

Fisheries Conservation Crisis in Indonesia

Death of the Indonesian Archipelago

Observations on cetaceans in the waters off Manado, northeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia, July 1995 by Peter Rudolph

The Gradual Raping of the Universally Important Indonesian Archipelago

Some information on local ecology: Manado Seagarden Adventures diving centre

Results of the first meeting of experts on the Jakarta Mandate on Marine and Coastal Biological Diversity, held in Jakarta, Indonesia (7-10 March 1997)

Exploitation of Sea Life on Bali

Pollution and garbage at Bali's main beaches
Concrete constructions affecting Bali's main beaches
Bali's Sea Shell Trade
Turtle Slaughter on Bali

Sea turtles

Green sea turtle slaughter in Bali
Photographs illustrating this situation

Dugongs

Dugongs are listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act of the U.S.A. and as vulnerable by the IUCN. All populations are in CITES Appendix I except the Australian populations, which are in Appendix II.

Dugong (Australia Nature Conservation Agency)

Dugong now critically endangered

Dugong Conservation and its Limitations