Trapping holds back speed of bird recovery in a Sumatran forest, study shows

  • A decade of protection and natural regeneration of tropical forests has helped bird populations increase in the southern lowlands of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island, a new study says.
  • However, it adds that continued wild trapping is preventing the reforestation effort from achieving its greatest results.
  • The Harapan Forest, which straddles the provinces of Jambi and South Sumatra, in 2007 became the site of Indonesia’s first ecosystem restoration concession to recover biodiversity in the region after commercial selective logging ceased in 2005.
  • Since 2004, Indonesia has awarded 16 licenses…

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