Former bird catchers save Java's songbirds

In the Menoreh Hills near Yogyakarta, Indonesia, former bird catchers are now dedicated to nature conservation. Parman, who once caught young songbirds for trade, stopped when birds became scarce and turned to goat farming. The Javan blue flycatcher, once common, is now critically threatened: more specimens exist in captivity than in the wild. The village of Donorejo introduced a hunting...