NEWS

A) $ 14 M for Wildlife Conservation efforts in Indiana

 Indianapolis (AP)- Indiana is getting nearly $14 million in federal funds to assists wildlife conservation and outdoor recreation efforts. The state Department of Natural Resources says Indiana's share of the wildlife and sport Fish Restoration fund is $13.9 million. The money can be used by the states for Wildlife management.

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B) Indonesia and Malaysia Back Sumatra Rhino Saving Plan

Indonesia and Malaysia have reached an agreement to save the critically endangered Sumatran rhino.Fewer than 100 Sumatran rhinos exist today in a last-ditch attempt to save the species from extinction, the two countries are drafting a two-year emergency action plan.The last wild populations live in Sumatra, western Indonesia and Sabah in Malaysia. 

Less than 100 Sumatra Rhino now exist

At a summit in Singapore convened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Species Survival Commission (IUCN SSC), over 130 experts and government officials met to discuss how to tackle the crisis.

Widodo Ramono, executive director of Yayasan Badak Indonesia, the rhino foundation in Indonesia, said: "Serious steps must be taken to roll back the tide of extinction of the Sumatran rhino.

their habitat have been destroy