Jakarta, Aug. 29 -- Indonesia's Ministry of Forestry has begun preparations to relocate Pari, one of only two surviving Bornean rhinoceroses (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrisoni) on Kalimantan Island, as part of urgent conservation efforts.

The plan was announced by Satyawan Pudyatmoko, Director General of Natural Resources and Ecosystem Conservation, during the launch of Operation Merah Putih, a program focused on translocating Javan rhinos.

"We are also preparing a similar operation for a rhino named Pari living in Kalimantan," Satyawan said in Jakarta on Friday.

Pari is the last Bornean rhino still roaming the wild. The only other surviving individual, Pahu, has been moved to the Kelian Rhinoceros Conservation Center in East Kalimant...