Bogor (ANTARA News) - The number of endangered bird species in Indonesia, most in the world due to overexploitation, said Managing Director Indonesian Bird or Wild Bird Conservation Society of Indonesia, Agus Budi Utomo.
"Indonesia is at the top of the standings from ten countries in the world with the number of bird species threatened with global extinction caused by the highest over exploitation," Agus said in a press release received by AFP in Bogor on Monday.
He argues that in 2009 there were 117 endangered bird species in Indonesia, 17 species of which have the highest status that is critically endangered.
By 2010 this figure increased to 122 species threatened with extinction, with 19 species in critical condition.
Birds, other than an indicator of environmental quality, also the backbone in securing passage of the