The First Asian Rhino Range States Meeting was inaugurated yesterday by the Ministry of Forestry in Lampung.

While, Ministry's Directorate General of Forest Protection and Nature Conservation in collaboration with International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) organized the symposium of the event.

Over 100 delegates from the Asian rhino habitat countries, as well as experts and environmentalists from the European countries besides Australia and Thailand also took part in the event.

The main objective of the event is to set the coordination on the significance and necessity of the rhino conservation in Asia. The event will also help Lampung to attract international tourists through this event.

A number of other events like Rhino Island Wide Survey Workshop and Field Trip to Way Kambas national Park are also organized in order to highlight importance of the vitality of endangered species.

In another development, under a regular observation activity, West Kutai regency government along with WWF found an evidence of Sumateran rhino in West Kutai. The presence of Sumateran rhino in this area was found with the help of video trap technique. Since last few decades, speculations were rife about Sumateran rhino's extinction, but the latest finding has given a relief to the environment conservationist.