RI to host conference on orangutan<\/p>\n
PALANGKARAYA, Central Kalimantan: Palangkaraya is to host an
\ninternational conference on orangutan conservation from June 19
\nto June 20, 2002, a provincial government spokesman said.<\/p>\n
Harun al Rasyid, the spokesman, said here Friday, the plan to
\nhost the conference was reported to Deputy Governor Nahson Taway
\nby the head of the Balikpapan Orangutan Survival (BOS)
\nfoundation, Willie Smits.<\/p>\n
The conference, designed to find a solution to problems being
\nfaced in the conservation of orangutan, would be attended by
\ndelegations from 11 countries, Harun said.<\/p>\n
The conference was also scheduled to discuss efforts to stop
\nillegal logging.<\/p>\n
According to a BOS Foundation report, some local government
\nofficials in Central Kalimantan were violating the law by keeping
\norangutan and some animal species while others were facilitating
\nthe smuggling of rare animals out of the province.<\/p>\n
Responding to the report, Deputy Governor Nahson Taway said he
\nwould take actions to follow up on the foundation's report.<\/p>\n
\"We are ready to impose sanctions on government officials
\nproven to facilitate orangutan smuggling,\" Taway said. -- Antara<\/p>",
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