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

1. Great Billed Parrot
2. Indonesian Wandering Whistling Duck
3. Black Coucal Bird
4. Blue Bird of Paradise
5. Red-backed Sea Eagle
6. Swamp Harrier
7. Brown Hawk
8. Crow
9. Hooded Butcherbird
10. Cockatoo
11. Southern Cassowary
12. Green Parrot
13. Intermediate Egret
14. Victoria Crowned Pigeon
15. Knobbed Hornbills
16. Sooty-headed bulbul
17. Malaysian pied fantail
18. Blue-tailed bee-eater
    

Mammals

1. Bat
2. Deer
3. Squirrel
4. Flying Squirrel
5. Wallabies
6. Tree Kangaroo
7. Cuscus
8. Wild Boar

Amphibians and Reptiles

1. Monitor Lizards
2. Estuary Crocodile
3. Chameleon
4. Lizard
5. Many-Striped Skink
6. Four foot snake
7. Papuan Black Snake
8. New Guinea Death Adder (snake)
9. Death Adder (snake)
10. Black Snake
11. Tree Snake
12. Rattlesnake
13. Sideneck Turtle

Featured image: Knobbed Hornbill by Olaf Oliviero Riemer