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        "id": 1717231,
        "msgid": "bksda-monitors-wildlife-trade-at-jatinegara-bird-market-encourages-compliance-and-conservation-education-1777899218",
        "date": "2026-05-04 19:30:06",
        "title": "BKSDA Monitors Wildlife Trade at Jatinegara Bird Market, Encourages Compliance and Conservation Education",
        "author": "Andi Muttya Keteng Pangerang",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Regulation",
        "summary": "The Jakarta Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) is actively overseeing wildlife trading activities at the Jatinegara Bird Market in East Jakarta to prevent the circulation of protected species and promote adherence to conservation regulations among traders and enthusiasts. Through approaches such as education, routine patrols, and limited enforcement measures like securing found protected animals, BKSDA collaborates with market managers and stakeholders to foster awareness and ensure legal sourcing from licensed breeders. This ongoing effort highlights the balance between sustaining local economic activities and preserving biodiversity, with traders showing increasing compliance and selectivity in their practices.",
        "content": "<p>The Jakarta Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) continues\nto monitor wildlife trading activities at the Jatinegara Bird Market in\nEast Jakarta. This oversight aims to ensure there is no circulation of\nprotected wild animals while encouraging traders and hobbyists to comply\nwith conservation rules. \u201cBKSDA carries out monitoring and\nimplementation of legislation on wild plants and animals (TSL),\nparticularly regarding the circulation of protected animal species,\nthrough several approaches,\u201d said Head of the Section for Conservation\nof Natural Resources Region I of BKSDA Jakarta, Marwan Shofa, when\ncontacted by Kompas.com on Thursday (30\/4\/2026). The forms include\ncounselling, socialisation, and awareness-raising about protected animal\nspecies and circulation regulations. In addition to socialisation, BKSDA\nalso involves the market as an educational space. Marwan mentioned that\nhis agency once collaborated with market managers, the bird traders\u2019\nassociation, and the Forestry Education and Training Centre to hold\nfield practice training on animal and environmental health or zoonosis.\nBKSDA also implements preventive measures through routine patrols and\nincidental or surprise patrols. These patrols aim to ensure that no\nprotected animals are traded openly or covertly. \u201cThirdly, limited\nrepressive efforts, namely securing protected animals found being traded\nat the location,\u201d said Marwan. In practice, Marwan stated, the animals\nfound are often classified as found goods because no one claims\nownership or as the seller. \u201cSubsequently, the animals are secured and\nentrusted to the Tegal Alur Wildlife Rescue Centre (PPS) for further\nhandling,\u201d he said. \u201cTraders and hobbyists are beginning to increasingly\nunderstand the importance of complying with regulations, particularly by\nnot buying, selling, or keeping protected bird species,\u201d said Marwan. In\naddition, traders are becoming more selective in ensuring the origin of\nthe birds they sell, for example, from legal breeding facilities\nequipped with valid documents. \u201cAdaptation is also evident from their\nopenness to participating in guidance activities, socialisation, and\ncoordination facilitated by BKSDA,\u201d said Marwan. Nevertheless, BKSDA\nemphasises that this process still requires ongoing strengthening, both\nthrough education, monitoring, and inter-agency synergy. \u201cTherefore,\nBKSDA continues to encourage collaboration so that compliance with\nregulations can increase further, while maintaining a balance between\neconomic activities and conservation efforts,\u201d he stated. Its presence\nis part of the Jatinegara Animal Market, a traditional market that also\nsells pets, feed, and care equipment. The market has long been known as\none of the centres for animal trading in the East Jakarta area. Based on\nhistorical records, the market has been operating since the 1770s in\nfront of the gate of the Dutch Fort Meester Cornelis. Meester Cornelis\nitself was the name of the Jatinegara area during the colonial period.\nBased on records from the National Library\u2019s Batavia Digital, the\nJatinegara area has long been one of the major trading centres in\nBatavia. One trader met by Kompas.com claimed to have been selling for\ntwo decades. \u201cIt\u2019s been about 20 years,\u201d said Riski (19), one of the\nkeepers of a bird stall named Kalista Pet, when met on Thursday. He\nmentioned that the types of birds sold are quite diverse, ranging from\nAustralian budgerigars, lovebirds, doves, to owls.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/bksda-monitors-wildlife-trade-at-jatinegara-bird-market-encourages-compliance-and-conservation-education-1777899218",
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