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Rudi Putra is an Indonesian biologist who received a Goldman Environmental Prize in 2014 for his efforts to combat illegal logging, forest encroachment for palm oil production, and policies that open endangered ecosystems to mining and plantation industries.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Indonesian activist wins Goldman Prize for fighting palm oil, deforestation )〕 Putra is a biologist who worked in Aceh Province, and who received a prize of $175,000 from his winning of the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2014.〔 Putra was selected as the winner in the category 'Island and Island Nations'.〔 He was recognized for his campaign to reclaim the land under illegal palm oil plantations in the Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, and to clear them in order to re-establish habitat for endangered orangutans, tigers, rhinos, and elephants, as well as lobbying against political plans to remove protected status from Aceh's primary forests. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Selamatkan Badak Sumatera, Rudi Putra Terima Goldman Prize )〕 In 2013, these activities culminated in the establishment of a petition that asked the Indonesian government to enforce conservation law and reject the proposals in Aceh.〔 The petition received more than 1.4 million signatures, increasing awareness of environmental issues in Indonesia and attracting widespread international condemnation.〔 ==Motivation== As a high school student who grew up in the region of Aceh, Putra showed a keen interest in the natural world.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rudi Putra, 2014 Islands & Island Nations )〕 He studied the biology and conservation of the Sumatran rhino: the smallest member of the most endangered rhinoceros in the family.〔 Putra become an expert researcher and also a tracker, who led an expedition aiming to protects rhino in the field by pursuing and catching poachers in the Leuser Ecosystem.〔 The area, which has an area of 6.4 million hectares of forest stretching from Aceh to North Sumatra, is federally protected and is one of the largest remaining habitats supporting the Sumatran rhino.〔 Putra realised that in addition to attempting to stop illegal hunting, his efforts would not be complete without discussing and confronting the threat posed by habitat destruction from illegal logging and palm oil plantations.〔 Further studies show the importance of forests for the 4 million people living close to the Leuser Ecosystem.〔 Forests also provide protection from flooding; in the Leuser ecosystem the frequency and severity has been increasing. 〔 Putra sees it as his job not only to protect the rhinos and their habitat, but also the people of the region.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rudi Putra」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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