 Reference Base  Asian Rhino Specialist Group: triennial report 1997-2000 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java |
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Distribution - Status |
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Javan Rhino |
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The latest track and transect census conducted in late 1999 in Ujung Kulo National Park has estimated the populatio at 43-57, i.e. numbers still seem to be stagnating around 50, despite the general assessment that the carrying capacity of Ujung Kulon is perhaps as large as 100. A photographic census using camera-traps is being conducted by Nazir Focad of WWF-- Indonesia Programme (WWF-IP) with significant support from the Bowling for Rhinos Programme of the American Association of Zoo Keepers (AAZK) through the Adopt-A-Park Programme of the Minnesota Zoo. A coordinated fecal-DNA population study is also being conducted by WWF-IP with support from the WWF system.
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