Status and research activities on marine mammals in Indonesia (SEASTAR2000)
| Autor: | DHARMADI, WIADNYANA, NGURAH N. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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| Zdroj: | Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on SEASTAR2000 and Asian Bio-logging Science (The 10th SEASTAR2000 workshop). :69-74 |
| Popis: | Some research activities on marine mammals have been conducted by many institutions and subjects in Indonesia. Data and information availability consist of lists of cetacean species, the presence of individual cetacean species by habitat type, species identification, fisheries-cetacean interaction, distribution and abundance of dugong, and conservation issues. Based on the Indonesia Government Decree No 8/1999 about utilization of wild animals and plant species, all species of cetaceans and sirenian are protected, exceptionally only for traditional hunting, and limited trade in local regions. The cetaceans are hunted by the people from the small villages in the east part of Indonesia. The occurrence of the traditional hunting is located only in Lamalera, Lembata Island and Lamakera, Solor Island, Nusa Tenggara Timur. February 23-25, 2010, Phuket, Thailand |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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