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Environmental laws fail to protect endangered fauna in East Timor

by wwright | July 5, 2009 at 12:33 am

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ETLJB 4 July 2009 SYDNEY - These images of the carcasses of several protected cuscus apparently for sale at a market place in the eastern town of Los Palos in East Timor were published on the blogspot Timor Agricola on 14 February 2009.

Under Indonesian law, the species Phalangeridae (Cuscus) and all species of the genus are protected against capture, possession and trade by Surat Keputusan Menteri Pertanian No 247/Kpts/Um/4/1979 (Decision of the Minister for Agriculture). Read the full story on East Timor Law and Justice Bulletin

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at 12:03 on July 5th, 2009

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