PENANGKAPAN DAN PERDAGANGAN TRENGGILING JAWA (Manis javanica Desmarest, 1822) DI INDONESIA

Abstract

Conservation status of sunda pangolin (Manis javanica , 1822) is listed as protected species. However, this Desmarest species is threatened by illegal trade. The pangolin is a scaly and toothless mammal. The main foods of this species are ants and termites. Some people believe that sunda pangolin is beneficial to the health so that trigger of very high commercial value. The research objectives were to determine the public perception on its utilization related to poaching and illegal trade and also to estimate the number of illegal trade during the period of 2002 to 2015. Snowball and purposive sampling techniques were carried out in data collecting by using questionnaire to respondents as key informants. Communities perceived that Sunda pangolin have a high economic value of wildlife that can increase people's income (40%) and can be poached if there is a chance (52%). Over the last fourteen years, as much as 319,460 of sunda pangolins were exported. To address these issues can be done through improving regulation in line with international regulations such as CITES, capacity building of rangers and investigators in related to online trading and use of electronic evidence, increasing public awareness, DNA forensics, as well as cooperation with related parties.