The primary threat of habitat destruction. The secondary threat of poaching and large-scale trade and covert.
Staff of the Natural Resources Conservation Center (BKSDA) Papua, Herman Soh, while monitoring the bird of paradise in Enarotali, Paniai regency capital, earlier this month revealed indications of declining populations of paradise in Papua.
The results of recent research conducted in March 2012 in Papua BKSDA at one of the known habitat of paradise every one square kilometer paradise found only 2-3 tail. In fact, from 2000-2005 still found 10-15 tail. "It's a very alarming rate of degradation," said Soh.
Population decline of paradise that is partly because the expansion of new districts, construction of access roads, settlements, logging, and hunting and fishing. Each opening of roads, construction of offices, residential, mining, and logging there is always captured paradise, or paradise nest with eggs and newly hatched destroyed.
Data WWF Papua mention, in the year 1900-1930's sales reached paradise 10000-30000 per year. 1912, for example, sales reached 30,000 individuals in a single delivery to the German and British ships to the needs of fashion.
Years 1904-1908 the number of paradise that goes to London 155 000 tail, to the French about 1.2 million birds. Total sales of the birds of paradise to the rest of Europe during 1820-1938 was estimated to less than 3 million head.
Trade paradise is still ongoing. It's just hard to do in private and published. Hunters, fences, and sellers of paradise in Papua can range from individuals who sell on the streets toward the rural, outlying districts, even in traditional markets.
Soh said in Papua BKSDA search some time ago in Bonggo, Sarmi, found dozens of individual members of the military to maintain the tail of paradise in a cage. Elements of the TNI was admitted save paradise from citizens to sell to the market.
"But when we ask for the bird of paradise, he did not want to give a variety of reasons. There are many cases of arrest, sale, and delivery of paradise out of Papua. Imagine, in West Java, particularly the area around Bogor, there are garden birds of paradise that tens of tail numbers. Where do they get those birds? " Soh said.
On-road Nabire Enarotali, precisely at Km 180, displayed eight birds of paradise preserved. Bird die-dry it had been on display for sale to the passer the way. The range of paradise cremation price Rp 120.000 to Rp 150,000 per head.
43 types of
A total of 43 species of paradise scattered from Australia to New Guinea, and westward to the island of Maluku. Lodging in Papua are 38 species, mostly in the highlands, and some kind of living on islands around New Guinea.
The types of paradise paradise that include crested (Cnemophilus macgregorii), with a length of about 25 cm, male golden orange color at the top (back), the bottom black, brown and olive-colored females. Long-tailed paradise (Paradigalla carunculata), length 38 cm, berhabitat Jayawijaya mountains in the west and the bird's head (Sorong). This bird is black with conspicuous yellow gelambir on the forehead and tail.
The types of this paradise is rarely found in the forests of Papua. Breeding birds are not numerous and not easy. Cenderawasih easily stressed. In a nest is found only 1-2 eggs. These rare birds lay eggs until more than three points.
According to WWF research Papua in 2000, in Yappen Waropen every one square kilometer expanse of nature there are six birds of paradise. If multiplied by the area of 2050 square kilometer area (total area Yappen Waropen), a total of about 12 300 birds of paradise tail.
Bina Mandiri Foundation Program Coordinator Main Wokey Papua Maurus said bird species in Papua's most admired only because his fur beautiful paradise. Its tail is long and decorated with soft colors and golden brown sheen.
Her wedding was quite a unique way. The male will have to experiment a long courtship. Beginning with a dance around in circles around the female, then jumping jacks, followed by a little singing. All the "ritual" marriage is not found in other animals it takes half an hour.
That's why the bird of paradise called gods. There is also the call of birds of paradise. In the century 18-19, the nobles and queens of England have always used the bird of paradise as a decoration on the head or clothes. Natural beauty that makes these birds continue to be hunted and traded.
In general, paradise feathers varies from entirely black to red and orange, and green sheen, with a range of brown colors. Male is more beautiful paradise feathers, shiny, and complicated. As for female hair look dull and even simpler still charming.
As the rate of habitat destruction and human behavior, it is quite possible endemic birds of Papua is going to live just like the name of the Bali starling (Leucopsar rothschildi) or Java eagle (Nisaetus bartelsi).
If only Law No. 5/1990 on the conservation of nature and ecosystems can be enforced seburam not necessarily the fate of this paradise. This law gives the threat of 20 years imprisonment and a fine of Rp 200 million for the capture, injure, kill, keep, maintain, own, and memperniagakan protected animals alive or dead.
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