{"id":3515,"date":"2022-08-20T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-20T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/meet-the-indonesian-woman-who-dedicates-her-life-to-saving-south-kalimantans-proboscis-monkeys\/"},"modified":"2022-08-20T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T22:00:00","slug":"meet-the-indonesian-woman-who-dedicates-her-life-to-saving-south-kalimantans-proboscis-monkeys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/meet-the-indonesian-woman-who-dedicates-her-life-to-saving-south-kalimantans-proboscis-monkeys\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Indonesian woman who dedicates her life to saving South Kalimantan\u2019s proboscis monkeys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>BANJARMASIN: With a huge nose and reddish-brown skin, the proboscis monkey is not everyone\u2019s favourite animal.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>But Indonesian Amalia Rezeki, conservationist and founder of the friends of proboscis monkey voluntary group, has made it her mission to save the endemic species.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The proboscis monkey is native to Borneo and scattered throughout all five of Indonesia\u2019s provinces on the island it calls Kalimantan.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>However, it is in South Kalimantan, whose provincial mascot is the proboscis monkey, where the animals could in the past be found in large numbers. They thrived around the mangroves, swamps and coastal forests.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>While there are several conservation centres for endangered animals in South Kalimantan, they mostly take care of other animals like orangutans, said Rezeki.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cThat is why we are focusing on the proboscis monkeys, and also because I am a native of South Kalimantan,\u201d she told CNA.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature\u2019s Red List of Threatened Species, the proboscis monkey is classified as endangered.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Its population has decreased by more than 50 per cent in the past 50 years due to ongoing habitat loss and hunting.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>It is estimated there are less than 20,000 proboscis monkeys in the world, surviving mainly on leaves, mangroves and seeds.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>According to Rezeki, there were only about 3,200 proboscis monkeys in South Kalimantan two years ago, compared to about 5,000 in 2013.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Concerned with the monkey\u2019s declining numbers, she founded the volunteer group Sahabat Bekantan Indonesia (SBI) in 2013 while studying biology for her master\u2019s degree.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Sahabat Bekantan means friends of proboscis monkeys. Bekantan is the Indonesian name for the primate.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>SBI\u2019s goal is to save proboscis monkeys from going extinct.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cIt is our responsibility as citizens. We know there are many foreigners in NGOs (Non-governmental organisations helping in the conservation efforts).\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>However, it is our (Indonesia\u2019s) biodiversity, so we should do something,\u201d said Rezeki.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] BANJARMASIN: With a huge nose and reddish-brown skin, the proboscis monkey is not everyone\u2019s favourite animal. 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