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| Sustainable Harvesting of the Orange-Headed Thrush |  | | Birds keeping are a popular feature of contemporary urban culture in West Indonesia (Jepson and Ladle, 2005). Demand for species with .... | | see more | |
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We can easily encounter birds in our daily life. Birds, with more than 9000 species, are scattered in every corner of the earth. They are able to live everywhere; in the garden, beach, mountain, and even in the remotest and most extreme places such as polar region, Himalayan Mountain and Dead Sea, the lowest point of earth of 400 m below sea level.
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That is why birds are closely related to human life. Since prehistoric time until now, bird has always enriched human life. Their song brightened dull days, their beauty feather even their meats.
In the nature, bird is an important element of the ecosystem. Bird is the indicator for environmental destruction. Population decrease of a bird species is an early hint of a damaged environment.
With its various functions, bird is a precious asset of nature. However, the development under the banner of modernization has started to threaten wildlife, including bird. Around the globe, many bird species face extinction....more >
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