Deforestation in Papua: Meet the Animals at Risk
Papua, Indonesia is a biodiversity hot spot put at risk by irresponsible palm oil industry expansion. The 2016 environmental and social report from PT. Bio Inti Agrindo (BIA), a subsidiary of palm oil giant Posco Daewoo, discovered these IUCN-listed endangered species within their concessions. These are the Papuan wildlife that could be wiped out if oil palm plantation expansion continues unabated.
Birds
- Great Billed Parrot
- Indonesian Wandering Whistling Duck
- Black Coucal Bird
- Blue Bird of Paradise
- Red-backed Sea Eagle
- Swamp Harrier
- Brown Hawk
- Crow
- Hooded Butcherbird
- Cockatoo
- Southern Cassowary
- Green Parrot
- Intermediate Egret
- Victoria Crowned Pigeon
- Knobbed Hornbills
- Sooty-headed bulbul
- Malaysian pied fantail
- Blue-tailed bee-eater
Mammals
- Bat
- Deer
- Squirrel
- Flying Squirrel
- Wallabies
- Tree Kangaroo
- Cuscus
- Wild Boar
Amphibians and Reptiles
- Monitor Lizards
- Estuary Crocodile
- Chameleon
- Lizard
- Many-Striped Skink
- Four foot snake
- Papuan Black Snake
- New Guinea Death Adder (snake)
- Death Adder (snake)
- Black Snake
- Tree Snake
- Rattlesnake
- Sideneck Turtle
Featured image: Knobbed Hornbill by Olaf Oliviero Riemer