Pictures reveal plight of tigers
October 14, 2010, Thursday
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A VIDEO camera hidden in an Indonesian forest has captured footage of a rare Sumatran tiger in the wild and a bulldozer clearing the same area a week later for palm oil plantations, conservationists WWF said yesterday.
Habitat destruction has pushed Sumatran tigers to the brink of extinction, with just 400 left in Indonesia from a worldwide tiger population of 3,200, said WWF.
A dispute between the palm oil industry and environmentalists has broad implications for Indonesia, whose plans to limit forest clearing may slow the aggressive expansion of plantation firms in the world's top palm oil producer.
Footage captured by a WWF camera shows a male Sumatran tiger walking up and sniffing the device. A week later, it filmed a bulldozer clearing trees in the same area to make way for palm oil, WWF said.
"If we look at the status of the area, it is not an area dedicated for palm oil, which indicates this might be illegal clearing," said Ian Kosasih of WWF Indonesia.
Habitat destruction, he said, was also putting tigers in closer contact with people and increasing the risk of attacks on humans.
Habitat destruction has pushed Sumatran tigers to the brink of extinction, with just 400 left in Indonesia from a worldwide tiger population of 3,200, said WWF.
A dispute between the palm oil industry and environmentalists has broad implications for Indonesia, whose plans to limit forest clearing may slow the aggressive expansion of plantation firms in the world's top palm oil producer.
Footage captured by a WWF camera shows a male Sumatran tiger walking up and sniffing the device. A week later, it filmed a bulldozer clearing trees in the same area to make way for palm oil, WWF said.
"If we look at the status of the area, it is not an area dedicated for palm oil, which indicates this might be illegal clearing," said Ian Kosasih of WWF Indonesia.
Habitat destruction, he said, was also putting tigers in closer contact with people and increasing the risk of attacks on humans.
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