FLIGHT Job Vacancy – Campaign and Education Project Officer (Consultant Position)
FLIGHT is seeking a part time project officer. You will work based from home in Indonesia and assist FLIGHT in education and campaign and other project activities. The position is will be a maximum of 20 hours per week, and maximum of 80 hours per month. FLIGHT seeks those with experience or interest in illegal…
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Love of winged pets threaten survival of songbirds
This article appeared in the online version of Jakarta Post. You can read the version on Jakarta Post it here. In July 2018, Indonesia’s Forestry and Environment Ministry updated the national list of protected species, for the first time in 19 years. It now lists 562 bird species as protected, including many species popular in…
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Please help our work by signing our petition to close Indonesia’s cruel bird markets
Our forests are becoming silent. Hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, of birds have trapped and taken into the city, locked up in small cages in people’s homes, all to hear a bird sing. A great many birds die during capture, transport, and in cages, when they belong in the forest.Their suffering is unimaginable. FLIGHT was…
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We protested against the Ministry dropping three species of birds from the new list of protected species
Today, we held a demonstration in front of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry. We protested against the Ministry dropping the following species of birds from the new list of protected species: White-rumped shama, Straw-headed Bulbul, Gracupica contra. The population of these three species in nature is decreasing. They must be on the list of…
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We have reported the illegal trade in protected animals in Sukahaji Market
On August 28, 2018 we have reported the illegal trade in protected animals in Sukahaji Market, Bandung, West Java, to the authorities. The photographic evidence which we have sent constitute compelling reasons for the government to close Indonesia’s bird markets. In addition to wild birds in the Indonesia’s cruel bird markets, you can also find…
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Indonesia’s list of protected flora, fauna species grows from 294 to 921
An updated list of protected flora and fauna has seen a jump in the number of species, from 294 in 1999 to 921 this year. The new list, issued by the Environment and Forestry Ministry last month, aims to promote sustainability and a proper treatment of the protected animals and plants. The ministry’s biodiversity conservation…
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With your support, we will continue to fight for birds to fly free in the wild
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These haunting images of the victims of the illegal bird trade speak for themselves
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