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The Biosphere Reserve and national Park of TANJUNG PUTING is situated on the South part of BORNEO island , in INDONESIA, and covers a total area of 415 040 hectares.
As Borneo island covers a total area of 743 330 sq.km , this World Biosphere Reserve represents about 0.5 % ONLY of the totality of the island of Borneo .
There are protected reserves, but BORNEO is much more than a simple island and diserve urgent protection.
"The Borneo rainforest is 130 million years old, making it one of the oldest rainforests in the world. There are about 15,000 species of flowering plants with 3,000 species of trees , 221 species of terrestrial mammals and 420 species of resident birds in Borneo.There are about 440 freshwater fish species in Borneo (about the same as Sumatra and Java combined). It is the centre of the evolution and distribution of many endemic species of plants and animals. The Borneo rainforest is one of the few remaining natural habitats for the endangered Bornean orangutan. It is an important refuge for many endemic forest species, including the Asian elephant, the Sumatran rhinoceros, the Bornean clouded leopard, the Hose's civet and the dayak fruit bat. "
"The island historically had extensive rainforest cover, but the area was reduced due to heavy logging for the Malaysian and Indonesian plywood industry. Half of the annual global tropical timber acquisition comes from Borneo. Palm oil plantations have been widely developed and are rapidly encroaching on the last remnants of primary rainforest. Forest fires of 1997 to 1998, started by the locals to clear the forests for crops and kept going by an exceptionally dry El Niño season during that period, further reduced the rainforest. During the great fire, hotspots could be seen on satellite images; the resulting haze spread and affected the surrounding countries of Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore." (Wikipedia EN)
Message to the attention of the Governments of Indonesia and Malaysia :
PLEASE SAVE BORNEO !
PLEASE PROTECT ENDANGERED SPECIES !
PLEASE SAVE EMBEMATIC ORANGUTAN !
PLEASE PROTECT FORESTS !
PLEASE ENLARGE EXISTING NATIONAL PARKS !
PLEASE CREATE NEW NATIONAL PARKS !
PLEASE INVEST IN ECO TOURISM !
PLEASE STOP PAIL OIL PLANTATION !
PLEASE RE-CREATE MAXIMUM BIODIVERSITY !
PLEASE THINK ABOUT NEXT GENERATIONS !
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SIMPAN BORNEO
URGENT Message sent with Highest importance !
