Category Archives: Peer-Reviewed Paper

Erwin Wilianto, D. Aulia Rahman, D. Satya Chandradewi, I. M. R. Pinondang, H. T. Wibisono. 2021. CATnews 74. Abstract The latest assessment of the Javan leopard Panthera pardus melas for the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM resulted on revised categorization of the species from Critically Endangered (CR) to Endangered (EN). This downlisting was defined […]

Wibisono H. T., E. Wilianto, R. A. A. Putri2021. Oryx, 55(6), 809–817 The Endangered Javan leopard Panthera pardus melas is endemic to Java, one of the most populated islands, where it occurs in 22 isolated forest patches that comprise ,<9% (c. 1.2 million ha) of the island’s total land area. Fewerthan 400 adults remain in […]

Wibisono Hariyo T.Doctoral Dissertations. Abstract A multilateral effort to establish priorities for global tiger conservation identified 76 Tiger Conservation Landscapes throughout the 13 tiger range countries, 12 are in Sumatra, Indonesia. Despite this designation of conservation landscapes, the status of the Sumatran tiger population is still in question, as existing range-wide density estimates were derived […]

Adhiasto, D. N., E. Wilianto, H. T. Wibisono.2020. Short Communication, Catnews, 71: 5-6. Abstract The Javan leopard Panthera pardus melas is one of three critically endangered  leopard subspecies. Despite threats from severe habitat fragmentation and isolation, the magnitude of Javan leopard removal from its natural habitats might have been overlooked by the Indonesian authorities and conservation […]

Weiskopf S. R, J. L. McCarthy, K. P. McCarthy, A. N. Shiklomanov, H. T. Wibisono, W. Pusparini.2019. Environmental Conservation. Abstract Destruction of tropical rainforests reduces many unprotected habitats to small fragments of remnant forests within agricultural matrices. To date, these remnant forest fragments have been largely disregarded as wildlife habitat, and little is known about […]

Wibisono H. T.,H. A. Wahyudi, E. Wilianto, I. M. R. Pinondang, M. Primajati, D. Liswanto, M. Linkie.2018. PLoSOne, 13:1-13. Abstract With the extirpation of tigers from the Indonesian island of Java in the 1980s, the endemic and Critically Endangered Javan leopard is the island’s last remaining large carnivore. Yet despite this, it has received little […]

Wilianto E., H. T. Wibisono.2017. Small Carnivore Conservation, 54: 75-82. Abstract In 2008, Javan Ferret Badger Melogale orientalis was categorised as Data Deficient by The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, indicating that there was too little relevant information to assess its conservation status. According to the 2008 assessment, its known distribution was restricted to […]

Risdianto, D., D. J. Martyr, R. T. Nugrah., A. Harihar, H. T. Wibisono, I. A. Haidir, D. W. MacDonald, N. D’Cruize, M. Linkie. 2016. Biological Conservation. Abstract Current levels of illegal wildlife trade for many in-demand species are unsustainable and place them at a heightened risk of extinction. While several Asian protected areas standout for […]

McCarthy J., H. T. Wibiono, K. P. McCarthy, T. K. Fuller, N. Andayani. 2014. Global Ecology and Conservation, 3: 210-221. Abstract There have been few targeted studies of small felids in Sumatra and there is little information on their ecology. As a result there are no specific management plans for the species on Sumatra. We […]