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Swine fever death toll reaches 30,000 in North Sumatra
2019-12-19 13:38:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
Reports now indicate that as of 15 December, around 30,000 pigs had died in Indonesia's North Sumatra province as a result of African swine fever.
African swine fever confirmed in North Sumatra
2019-12-13 16:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
The Minister of Agriculture announced the confirmation of an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in North Sumatra Province on 12 December.
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North Sumatra says it may cull all pigs if Classical swine fever is not controlled
2019-11-23 10:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
The North Sumatra administration announced it will kill all pigs in the province unless it can gain control of the virus.
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Baby orangutan poachers get 2.5 years in Sumatra
2016-03-25 05:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Three wildlife traffickers who were caught in November with as many baby Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii) were sentenced to between two and two-and-a-half years behind bars this week by a court in Indonesias Riau province. To capture a baby orangutan, hunters usually kill the mother, said Herry Susilo, head of the Indonesian Orangutan Forum (FORINA). Wildlife crimes in Riau are usually met with sentences of just one year, so Susilo and others praised the ruling, even as they called for harsher...
Fires smoulder and floods soak Sumatra as RSPO calls for palm oil reform
2015-11-19 19:06:36| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Recent rain has brought a marked improvement to air pollution levels in most parts of the archipelago but localized spikes in wildfires continue to threaten air quality. The International Red Cross is implementing a three-month emergency response plan through January next year. An RSPO official calls on palm oil companies to make public all concession maps and plans for development on those concessions. The Indonesian military said on Thursday conditions in South Sumatra had improved but...