SHERINA’S ADVENTURES: A CLOSER PEEK IN THE KALIMANTAN FORESTS AND ORANG UTAN CONSERVATION

It has been 23 years since the first Sherina adventure film was released on the market. Sherina Adventure 2 is back as an answer to the audience’s longing for their childhood. This film, which has a duration of 2 hours and 6 minutes, has succeeded in attracting viewers who are nostalgic for the musical film genre, which is different from other films. The storyline offered seems light but provides teaching and other points of view regarding issues that occur in Indonesia, one of which is the hunting of wild and rare animals to be kept as pets or preserved as home decoration.
We cannot close our eyes to the fact that poaching of wild and rare animals in Indonesia still occurs frequently. Some groups, especially conglomerates, consider and make the rare animals they hunt into a’symbol’ of their luxury. It doesn’t matter whether the animal is rare, protected, or endangered; to satisfy their ego and prestige, they still hunt it. The rarer it is, the harder it is to get, and the more pride it will give them when they succeed in getting the animal.
In this film, Sherina, played by Sherina Munaf, and Sadam, played by Derby Romeo, return to an action adventure set in the forests of Kalimantan. This adventure is also enlivened by other actors, such as Sindai, played by Quuin Salman. The adventure occurs to save Sayu, an orangutan child who was kidnapped by a gang of thugs from the Syailendra group, which is a conglomerate and businessman who likes collecting animal collections. Sayu and her mother, who had just been released into the wild in the forests of Kalimantan, became the target of poaching because they were to become part of the Syailendra group’s pet collection.
Hunting for endangered animals is indeed one of the environmental problems we are currently facing, according to the data. Based on BPS records from 2015 to 2017, most of the animals in Indonesia that are threatened with extinction have experienced an increase in population.
One of them is an orangutan. Most of Indonesia’s orangutans can be found on the islands of Sumatra and Kalimantan. In 2015, BPS recorded that there were 143 orangutans that were threatened with extinction. This figure increased more than 13 times in 2017, when the number of orangutans was 1,890.
This data should make us aware of how high the number of illegal poaching cases is in Indonesia. Of course, if this continues to happen without any handling and prevention efforts, the animals in Indonesia could experience extinction, and our children and grandchildren will not be able to see them.

Therefore, through this film, the director hopes to introduce environmental issues in a light way to all ages so that it will raise awareness about protecting the environment.

Refrences :

 Badan Pusat Statistika (2023) Jumlah Satwa Terancam Punah (Ekor) 20115-2017. Badan Pusat Statistik (bps.go.id)