Minister Of Transportation Encourages Relaxation Of Scarcity Permits For Rare Animals

DENPASAR - Minister of Forestry (Menhut) Raja Juli Antoni encourages relaxation or the provision of facilities for captive breeding permits for endangered animals at the community level.

"Ini memang masih di daerah-region agati anti dengan penangkaran, regulasinya masih sedikit sulit dan karena itu saya saran kemarin untuk merelaksasi izin penangkaran," kata dia di Denpasar, Senin, 27 Oktober.

He said this during the Commission IV Recess Working Visit of the DPR to discuss the repatriation of endemic birds in Red Chest Perkici where the council encourages community involvement in captivity in natural habitats.

On that occasion, he did not explain the convenience scheme offered.

However, according to him, captivity needs to be reproduced so that later when animals, such as endemic birds, experience scarcity in nature, they can be married to those in captivity.

"So the short term is indeed getting closer to the rare one by captivity so that the number is large and one day if you say it is really gone, we still have reserves in our captivity," he said.

Regarding the regulation on the ease of captivity, it will be related to supply and demand later, he gave an example of the condition of the Balinese Jalak bird.

He said that in the past the government had given expansion of the captive permit, so that the number of rare birds increased and the price decreased.

However, he said, the good side of people's interest in hunting them is reduced because it is not too unique anymore.

"This is also a matter of supply and demand, therefore I always remind, especially for some birds in Maluku, in Papua, whose status is indeed rare but indeed in local areas who have the traditions and ability to beat them," said Raja Juli.

Because it is still difficult to regulate captivity, Bali Governor Wayan Koster took the initiative to the regions to apply for governor regulations (pergub) related to the protection of endangered animals containing easy breeding permits and bans on hunting animals.

"If the central government permits, we will make a governor's regulation for animal protection, because we already have a governor's regulation for Bali's endemic plants, so if it does not collide with the regulations above it, we will make a regulation for the Governor of Bali to protect endangered animals," he said.

This support from the Bali Provincial Government arises because they realize that scarcity occurs in native Balinese animals, such as the Red Chest.

He expressed his gratitude that the birds whose natural habitat is in the Gunung Batukaru Forest, Tabanan Regency, were repatriated and immediately released into the wild so that they could be kept again in the local area.

"I will immediately plan to draw up the Bali Governor Regulation in terms of regulations so that they can involve the community and protect, including not being allowed to shoot, then for the use of microcip technology so that it can be monitored for its existence," he said.