Last Javanese virgin forest endangered

Last Javanese virgin forest endangered

SERANG, Banten: Ujung Kulon National Park rangers of Banten
province have confiscated 7 cubic meters of Mahoni logs ready to
be smuggled outside the park.

"My subordinates found the logs on Tuesday and we have
reported it to the police who will look further into the case,"
Ujung Kulon National Park director Awrija Ibrahim told reporters
on Friday.

The logs were left by looters.

He suspected local fishermen of committing the illegal
logging. The fishermen, he said, could not go fishing due to
rough surf.

However, he quickly added that the fishermen possibly were
ordered by some other sponsor, due to the discovery that the
loggers used electric saws, which are generally beyond their
means. --Antara