Sumatran Rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatraensis) dan Sumatran Tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) are two of mammals species that are almost extinct. While their spreading and habitat that is only in Sumatra has been fragmanted and damaged.

In the past, the main threat that cause the Javanesse Tiger (  Panthera tigris sondaica) and Balinesse Tiger (Panthera tigris balica) extinct was the habitat reducing, but lately in 1980,  the biologists were shocked when they knew that there were a lot of demand of Rhino’s and tiger’s products for Asian traditional medicine. The dominan threat was from the illegal hunting to get certain organs of Rhino’s and Tiger’s that make the animals became very rare.

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF Indonesia), an independent that has orientation for natural conservation coorporated with WARSI started April 1990 until this time in trade monitoring for Sumatran Rhinos (Dicerorhinus sumatraensis) and Sumatran Tigers (Panthera tigris sumatrae).

Location
The trade monitoring activities for illegal product of Sumatran Rhino and Sumatran Tiger has been conducted in four provinces: West Sumatra, Jambi, South Sumatra, and Bengkulu where WARSI has networkings. But because of a lack, the activities are efectively conducted in West Sumatra and Jambi.

Activities:

1. Hunt monitoring on Sumatran Rinos and Sumatran Tigers from the nature.

2. Trade monitoring on Sumatran Rhinos and Sumatra Tigers.

3. Market monitoring, especially at outlets that store and sell Sumatran Rhinos and Sumatran Tigers product .

4. Coordinating with Natural Conservation Unit offices and WARSI’s networkings.

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