1990, New game law continues to protect Dicerorhinus sumatrensis. Under this law a sentence of up to 10 years can be passed on to a rhino poacher.
1967, Exports of Javan and Sumatran rhino will only be allowed by special license from the Minister of griculture, or the Director General of Forestry acting on his behalf, and will only be given for animals already in captivity.
1931, Dicerorhinus sumatrensis became a protected species
1982, New game laws confirmed the pretection of Dicerorhinus sumatrensis.
In the case of the Javan Rhino PHVA (1991) it was recommended to establish captive populations and translocate a number of individuals. The recommendations were not accepted by the government of Indoensia because the risks of doing so are too high given the limitations of the data used to reach the conclusions.
