On an Indonesian island, an ancient ritual evolves to protect an endangered cockatoo

Mongabay
Aug 18, 2026, 10:10 am99 pts
An Indigenous community on Indonesia’s Seram Island is preserving a centuries-old coming-of-age ritual while helping protect the endangered salmon-crested cockatoo, a new study has found. The study, published in July in the Journal of Ethnobiology, documents how the Huaulu people adapted the sacred Cidaku…

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