Fire threatens bird species in Jambi

Fire threatens bird species in Jambi

JAMBI, Jambi: The fires that burned between 1,000 and 2,000
hectares of the Berbak National Park in Jambi in the past month
posed a real threat to many bird species in the area.

The fires burned bird habitats so that they had to seek refuge
in other places, which might not be suitable for them. The
national park is 162,700 hectares in area. Fire also destroyed
thousands of hectares of the national park in 1997.

One of the most endangered birds was the silver dove, which
had between 30 and 50 individuals in the area 10 years ago, but
now the number of silver doves had dropped to only 10, said
Putrina Chandra, an activist with Bird Life Indonesia. -- JP