In Sumatra and Kalimantan, efforts to save the Sumatran rhino continue despite significant difficulties caused by the global pandemic. “The new births and continued population increase of this critically endangered species are the result of the commitment of the Government of Indonesia and Ujung Kulon National Park officials to the protection of the Javan rhino and its habitat.” “IRF welcomes and celebrates these new Javan rhino calves,” said Fascione. Ten years ago, there were fewer than 50 Javan rhinos in UKNP, but thanks to active and effective conservation efforts by the Park, the rhino population has gradually increased, with at least one new calf recorded every year since 2012. Javan rhinos are found only in Indonesia’s Ujung Kulon National Park (UKNP), where the population appears to be slowly growing. The new births offset declines due to natural deaths, for a small overall population increase from 74 animals last year. “With ongoing combined efforts, we can expect to see continued growth of existing populations as well as the potential to introduce rhinos to additional habitats they once called home.”Įlsewhere in Asia, Indonesia’s Ministry of Environment and Forestry has announced four Javan rhino births in the first half of 2021, increasing the world’s only remaining population of Javan rhinos to 75. “The continued growth of the greater one-horned rhino population is encouraging and the result of tremendous collaboration between the governments of India and Nepal, local and international organizations and the local communities that value their rhinos and other wildlife as national treasures,” said Nina Fascione, executive director of IRF. Additionally, habitat management, including removal of invasive species and creating new suitable areas, is necessary to increase food resources and the overall health of rhinos. Protection continues to be a key focus to increase populations. And for the first time in nearly four years, four rhinos were poached in Chitwan in 2020. Chitwan National Park, home to Nepal’s largest rhino population, has experienced a worrisome increase in natural rhino deaths over the past few years. That growth rate has slowed to 3% in 2021. Population growth averaged 5% per year according to the 2015 survey. The increase in Nepal’s greater one-horned rhino population is encouraging, but there are ongoing concerns. The census was originally scheduled for 2020, but was delayed due to COVID-19 mitigation efforts. Nepal completed a new nationwide census for greater one-horned rhinos and the population now stands at 752, an increase of 107 from the previous survey in 2015. In 2020, there were only two recorded losses in the state of Assam in India, the region with the largest greater one-horned rhino population, continuing the successful downward trend in poaching losses. Strict protection by government authorities and forestry officials in India and Nepal has resulted in several years of poaching declines. In India and Nepal, the greater one-horned rhino population, which once numbered as low as 100 individuals in the early 1900s, has increased to more than 3,700. Strasburg, VA – The International Rhino Foundation (IRF) published its annual signature report, State of the Rhino, providing current population estimates and trends, where available as well as key challenges and conservation developments for the five surviving rhino species in Africa and Asia. Poaching again on the increase after 2020’s decline. Greater one-horned, black, and Javan rhinos increase while white and Sumatran rhinos decline. The International Rhino Foundation Releases 2021 State of the Rhino Report 2021 State of the Rhino Report September 21, 2021
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