You can help save the Sumatran Rainforest

Balifornian Tours and Travel Blog supports the following... Save Last Remaining Natural Rainforest In Sumatra from Barito Pacific Group

Published by AusOrangutan on Nov 30, 2010

 

Category: Environment

Region: GLOBAL

Target: Barito Pacific Group

Web site: http://www.orangutan.org.au

Background (Preamble):

We need your help to stop a logging company destroying Lestari Asri Jaya Concession in the West (Block II and IV on the Map), forming a critical part of the Bukit Tigapuluh Ecosystem. 

We desperately need the Lestari Asri Jaya Concession under threat protected, to ensure the survival of remaining valuable ecosystems in the world, and save the 140 strong critically endangered Sumatran elephant population. 

The Bukit Tigapuluh (“Thirty Hills”) ecosystem is located in Central Sumatra, Indonesia. This globally important ecosystem provides a safe haven for many species which are threatened by extinction or are extremely rare - including the critically endangered Sumatran orangutan, tiger and elephant.

Between 1985 and 2007, Sumatra island lost 12 million hectares of natural forest, a 48 percent loss in 22 years. By 2007, the island had only 30 percent natural forest cover (around 13 million hectares).

We respectfully urge Barito Pacific not to undertake any land clearing activities in the Lestari Asri Jayan concession and allow the concession to be placed under permanent protection for the sake of the critically endangered Sumatran elephant, tiger and orangutan populations.

You can sign the petition here--  http://www.gopetition.com/petition/41050.html