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Indonesian officials have reported the sighting of a new Javan rhino calf in Ujung Kulon National Park, home to the last surviving population of the critically endangered species.
Its past estimates, however, have counted rhinos that have disappeared , throwing into question whether the species’ population trend is really increasing or even declining. “This birth shows the success of Indonesia in the conservation efforts of the Javan rhino,” Satyawan Pudyatmoko, the Indonesian environment ministry’s head of conservation, said in a statement
This is the first official announcement of a newborn of the critically endangered species after an investigative report published earlier this yearthe government’s claims of a steadily growing population. In its report, the nonprofit environmental NGO Auriga Nusantara revealed that 18 rhinos had been missing for years, and at least three of them were confirmed to have died since 2019, yet continued to be listed in the official population count.
The newly spotted female Javan rhino calf with its mother. Image courtesy of the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry.
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