Malignant snare traps threaten an irreplaceable megafauna community

JJ Figel, M Hambal, I Krisna, R Putra… - Tropical …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Tropical forests are under severe threat from over-hunting. Subsistence harvests and
poaching have decimated wildlife populations to the extent that nearly 50% of Earth's …

African swine fever threatens Southeast Asia's 11 endemic wild pig species

MS Luskin, E Meijaard, S Surya… - Conservation …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The spread of the most recent African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak in Asia since late 2018
poses a significant threat to endemic pig species and socioeconomic security. Within …

Carnivores and their prey in Sumatra: Occupancy and activity in human-dominated forests

FA Widodo, MA Imron, S Sunarto, AJ Giordano - PLoS One, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Understanding the effect of anthropogenic disturbance, and its interaction with carnivores
and their prey, is crucial to support the conservation of threatened carnivores, particularly in …

Snaring in a stronghold: Poaching and bycatch of critically endangered tigers in northern Sumatra, Indonesia

JJ Figel, R Safriansyah, SF Baabud, Z Herman - Biological Conservation, 2023 - Elsevier
Wire-snare poaching is increasingly recognized as a major threat to endangered large
carnivores in Africa and Asia. However, empirical information on the extent and distribution …

[HTML][HTML] A review of forest fragmentation in Indonesia under the DPSIR framework for biodiversity conservation strategies

H Gunawan, T Setyawati, T Atmoko, RT Kwatrina… - Global Ecology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Indonesia, a global biodiversity hotspot, confronts escalating threats from land-use change,
triggering extensive forest fragmentation and threatening biodiversity. This review …

An integrative taxonomic revision of lesser gymnures (Eulipotyphla: Hylomys) reveals five new species and emerging patterns of local endemism in Tropical East Asia

A Hinckley, M Camacho-Sanchez… - Zoological Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
We here present a comprehensive integrative taxonomic review of the genus Hylomys,
using molecular (mitochondrial genomes and up to five nuclear loci) and morphological data …

[HTML][HTML] Range-wide trends in tiger conservation landscapes, 2001-2020

EW Sanderson, DG Miquelle, K Fisher… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Of all the ways human beings have modified the planet over the last 10,000 years, habitat
loss is the most important for other species. To address this most critical threat to …

Drivers of three most charismatic mammalian species distribution across a multiple-use tropical forest landscape of Sumatra, Indonesia

DA Rahman, Y Santosa, I Purnamasari, AA Condro - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Charismatic Sumatran mammals (ie, the elephant, orangutan, and tiger)
play a pivotal role in maintaining ecosystem balance. Nevertheless, these species have …

Planning for megafauna recovery in the tropical rainforests of Sumatra

MI Lubis, JSH Lee, UM Rahmat, Tarmizi… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Human-induced forest loss has had devastating impacts on biodiversity. Mammal
populations in the tropics have been hit particularly hard by the resulting habitat loss …

Livestock depredations by leopards in Pir Lasura National Park, Pakistan: characteristics, control and costs

F Akrim, T Mahmood, JL Belant, MS Nadeem… - Wildlife …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Conservation of large carnivores in protected areas with high human use or habitation is
challenging due to ecological, political and socioeconomic factors. Understanding …