Indonesia
“Over-exploitation by the tourist industry has led to 200 out of 400 rivers on the island drying up. Research suggests that the southern part of Bali would face a water shortage. To ease the shortage, the central government plans to build a water catchment and processing facility at Petanu River in Gianyar. The 300 litres capacity of water per second will be channelled to Denpasar, Badung and Gianyar in 2013.”
“In 2017, a year when Bali received nearly 5.7 million tourists, government officials declared a garbage emergency in response to the covering of 3.6 mile stretch of coastline in plastic waste brought in by the tide, amid concerns that the pollution could dissuade visitors from returning. Bali is one of the world's worst island plastic polluters.”
“Until the early 20th century, Bali was possibly home to several large mammals: leopard and the endemic Bali tiger. The banteng still occurs in its domestic form, whereas leopards are found only in neighbouring Java, and the Bali tiger is extinct. The last definite record of a tiger on Bali dates from 1937, when one was shot, though the subspecies may have survived until the 1940s or 1950s.”
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Bali Myna
(Leucopsar rothschildi)
Critically Endangered
Sunda Sambar
(Rusa timorensis)
Vulnerable
Indonesian Tomb Bat
(Taphozous achates)
Data Deficient
Grey-rumped Myna
(Acridotheres tertius)
Critically Endangered
Banggai Cardinalfish
(Pterapogon kauderni)
Endangered
Greater Bird-of-paradise
(Paradisaea apoda)
Endangered