SCI-TECH | ECOLOGY | Researcher concerned about lack of scientific freedom
A Borneo orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) plays with her baby at Prigen Safari Park in the East Java regency of Pasuruan on Aug. 12, 2020.(Antara/Umarul Faruq)
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A Dutch scientist who is among a group of researchers reportedly banned from conducting research in Indonesia by the Environment and Forestry Ministry for their critical writings says he is concerned about the state of scientific freedom in the country.
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In a letter dated Sept. 14, the ministry expresses its concerns about published articles on Indonesian wildlife by Erik Meijaard and four other scientists — Julie Sherman, Marc Ancrenaz, Hjalmar Kuhl and Serge Wich, which it said could “discredit the government and the Environment and Forestry Ministry”.
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The letter thus orders national parks and natural resource conservation agencies (KSDA) to “withhold permission or approval from the five researchers in any conservation efforts done within the scope of the Environment and Forestry Ministry” and “refuse requests for cooperation with the ministry from the five researchers”.
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Fikri Harish |
The Jakarta Post
Thu, September 22 2022
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A Borneo orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) plays with her baby at Prigen Safari Park in the East Java regency of Pasuruan on Aug. 12, 2020.(Antara/Umarul Faruq)
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