More about the ongoing environmental catastrophe in Indonesia and so much more …
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WALL STREET JOURNAL: Environmental Disaster Strikes Indonesia
http://www.wsj.com/articles/environmental-disaster-strikes-indonesia-1445939629
WATCH: Workers rescue orangutans trapped by wildfires in Indonesia before releasing them into safer regions: "If this goes on, this could have a serious impact in extinction and bring it closer http://abcnews.go.com/US/thousands-orangutans-threatened-indonesia-wildfires/story?id=34765173
Indonesia’s environmental destruction apocalyptic in scale If you want to blame someone for the devastating forest fires raging there now, it has to be the President.
RECOMMENDED: Save Me, Please http://jakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/eyewitness/save-please/
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: Borneo Is Burning, and Humans and Orangutans Are in Danger http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2015/10/28/borneo-is-burning-and-humans-and-orangutans-are-in-danger/
WWF Indonesian urges govt to focus on disaster prevention – See more at: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/10/28/wwf-indonesian-urges-govt-focus-disaster-prevention.html#sthash.3V7b8ubU.dpuf
Indonesia hesitates on emergency status for haze; Islamic council sees ‘warning from God’ http://news.mongabay.com/2015/10/indonesia-hesitates-on-emergency-status-for-haze-islamic-council-sees-warning-from-god/
No 549 Wildlife Trade News: 29th October 2015
INDONESIA’S SHAME: OPENLY ON SALE THIS WEEK IN JAKARTA’S JATINEGARA MARKET. BKSDA (FORESTRY POLICE) EITHER DON’T CARE OR TAKE BRIBES – POSSIBLY BOTH.
adults have to be shot before the babies can be taken.
photos: SCORPION
Another bird smuggling operation thwarted in Bali-Java crossinghttp://bali.coconuts.co/2015/10/27/another-bird-smuggling-operation-thwarted-bali-java-crossing
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: Hong Kong ‘Open-Minded’ to Banning its Ivory Trade (NA COMMENT: Is it more likely HK are simply trying to diffuse the current pressure? Either they will or they won’t ban the sale of ivory. Which is it to be? i.e. HK is like China – ‘maybe we will, maybe we won’t’….and that is not good enough. Don’t be fooled by them. In the meantime, literally every day, elephants continue to be slaughtered to feed HK and China’s merciless greed.) http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/10/151028-hong-kong-ivory-trade-china-elephants-trafficking/
Report: 90 Percent of Timber From Laos to China and Vietnam is Illegal http://www.hardwoodfloorsmag.com/news/report-90-percent-of-timber-from-laos-to-china-and-vietnam-is-illegal.html
CITES ISN’T WORKING. IS IT?
São Paolo Trafficking: Smuggling Brazil’s Wildlife. Over 38 million animals are pulled from the Brazilian wilds every year for the illegal wildlife trade — 75 to 90% of those smuggled animals don’t survive capture and transport. http://news.mongabay.com/2015/10/sao-paolo-trafficking-smuggling-brazils-wildlife/
USA/Swaziland elephant export ignores alternatives http://www.news24.com/Green/News/Swaziland-elephant-export-ignores-alternatives-20151028
Africa: "Tusk Wars" – New Information On the Blood Ivory Trade of Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army http://allafrica.com/stories/201510281025.html
UK: Police release CCTV images after peregrine falcon theft http://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2015-10-28/police-release-cctv-images-after-peregrine-falcon-theft/
INDIA: Police recover 123 smuggled Indian softshell turtles http://www.ptinews.com/news/6669618_Police-recover-123-smuggled-Indian-softshell-turtles.html
The Threats Humans Present to Wildlife Through Infectious Diseases http://allafrica.com/stories/201510281466.html
Malawi: K2.7 Billion to Unmask and Restore KK Wildlife Reserve http://allafrica.com/stories/201510281426.html
Amazon – illegal loggers set Indigenous forest ablaze http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_round_up/2986052/amazon_illegal_loggers_set_indigenous_forest_ablaze.html
Is RSPO certification becoming irrelevant? By Niamh Michail, 28-Oct-2015. Companies are increasingly demanding certified palm oil using criteria that are stricter than current RSPO standards – does the mean the RSPO certification is in danger of becoming irrelevant? http://www.foodnavigator.com/Policy/Is-RSPO-certification-becoming-irrelevant
If the palm oil industry waited for consumers to care, sustainability would get nowhere. There is a disconnect between sustainability and consumer understanding and action. How much is this harming progress towards better practice? http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/oct/26/palm-oil-industry-consumer-understanding-sustainability-cspo-packaging-marks-spencer-boots-ecover?CMP=share_btn_link
Asia’s live markets are western slaughterhouses with glass walls https://www.animalsasia.org/intl/media/news/news-archive/asias-live-markets-are-western-slaughterhouses-with-glass-walls.html#.VjC6rhZ_GUs.facebook
Elephant death due to electrocution: Odisha to act tough against illegal power users –
