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Indonesia and Vantara Expand Major Wildlife Health Partnership
Indonesia is working with Vantara and PT Fauna Land Group to better protect wild animals.
The partnership will improve animal hospitals, veterinary care and conservation work.
Indonesia’s government will remain in charge of the facilities and programmes.
Experts will train elephant caregivers, veterinarians and other wildlife officials.
Ten mobile hospitals will travel to help wild animals in different parts of Indonesia.
The Way Kambas Elephant Hospital will receive new equipment and become a larger treatment and care centre.
It will help elephants living under human care and wild elephants in the surrounding area.
The partnership will also support rehabilitation, breeding, rewilding and other conservation efforts.
Indonesia’s Forestry Ministry announced a wildlife health and conservation partnership with Vantara and PT Fauna Land Group.
The Government of Indonesia will own, operate and manage facilities and programmes created through the cooperation.
Plans include training for elephant caregivers, veterinarians and wildlife officials, plus 10 Hospitals on Wheels.
Way Kambas Elephant Hospital will be upgraded into an Elephant Treatment and Care Centre.
The upgraded facility is expected to support 62 captive Sumatran elephants and nearly 100 wild elephants nearby.
- Who
- The Government of Indonesia, Vantara and PT Fauna Land Group, with Raja Juli Antoni announcing the programme.
- What
- A partnership to strengthen wildlife health infrastructure, veterinary care, conservation and local capacity.
- Where
- Jakarta and wildlife sites across Indonesia, including Way Kambas.
- When
- The announcement was made at a press conference; no date was specified.
- Why
- To improve Indonesia’s ability to provide wildlife care and support national conservation priorities.
Key facts
- Government lead
- The Government of Indonesia and its relevant authorities will own, operate and manage the facilities and programmes.
- Partners
- Vantara is collaborating with the Government of Indonesia and PT Fauna Land Group.
- Mobile hospitals
- The programme includes 10 Hospitals on Wheels for wild animals across Indonesia.
- Way Kambas upgrade
- Way Kambas Elephant Hospital will become the Elephant Treatment and Care Centre with advanced equipment, tools and technologies.
- Elephant coverage
- The upgraded centre will support 62 Sumatran elephants under human care and nearly 100 wild Sumatran elephants in the surrounding landscape.
- Training
- Capacity-building programmes will train elephant caregivers, veterinarians and other wildlife-management officials.
- Broader cooperation
- The existing MoU covers wildlife health, animal welfare, conservation breeding, rehabilitation, rewilding, and in situ and ex situ conservation.
Quotes
Vivaan Karani
CEO of Vantara
“We are grateful to the Government of Indonesia and our partners for the trust and opportunity to contribute to Indonesia’s wildlife conservation efforts.”
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“Indonesia is blessed with extraordinary wildlife and biodiversity, and protecting this natural heritage is a responsibility we all share.”
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Raja Juli Antoni
Minister of Forestry of the Republic of Indonesia
“Wildlife conservation is ultimately our responsibility, and we must ensure that Indonesia has the facilities, expertise and resources to care for our wildlife wherever they need us.”
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