Study says NTT has 398 bird species

Study says NTT has 398 bird species

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT): The province of NTT has 35
native bird species and 363 other bird species, Deputy Governor
Piter Alexander Tallo said yesterday.

Tallo was quoting the results of a recent survey by the Bird
Life International Indonesia Program in cooperation with the
provincial forestry ministry.

Timor island has 20 of the native bird species, Sumba island
has nine and the others are spread unevenly around the province.

The local government has banned poaching and selling of
protected birds.

Tallo said the government had to control logging which is
threatening the provinces' environment.

Officially, 1.8 million hectares of the 4.7 million-hectare
province are forested. Over 1 million hectares of these forests
have been reserved. (yac)