By: Choirul Fuadi)*
The market in social media is difficult in monitor. Nature conservation agency needs participation of entire people to give any information to them about illegal market in social media especially illegal market of protected animal.
CIDISS (Pangkalan Bun) – The increasing of internet user in Indonesia and social media give positive and negative effect. Trading in internet especially in social media give positive effect and give directly affect toward people economic. In another side, negative effect of social media is illegal trading of protected animal.
Recently, head of Nature conservation agency II Pangkalan bun, Agung Widodo request to all people to give information about illegal market of protected animal in social media.
His party hope to all people can be active in giving information in order to decrease the illegal market of protected animal. By the information, the party feels happy got a hand and cooperation of people.
Last Friday (2/12/2016) such in Kaltengprokal.co, a citizen of Pangkalan Bun offers Eagle of (Hieraaetus Kienerii), animal is protected under government regulation no 7 year 1999 about well-preserved of flora and fauna. He offers the eagle in social media facebook.
“He offers Eagle in facebook group selling and trading of Pangkalan Bun. We have received information from journalist and we do the right thing,” said him
The bird has been saved in nature conservation agency Pangkalan bun for health checking, then will be release in game preserve Lamandau.
In the confession of owner or suspect, he said that he saved the injury eagle in the field. And then he offers it in facebook group for trading.
The nature conservation agency only give guiding and information to suspect about conservation regulation. The suspect broke rule of chapter 21 verse 2 numbers (a) and (b) jo chapter 40 verse (2), UU no 5 year 1990 about Nature and ecosystem conservation, with prison 5 year or pay a fine IDR 100 million.
