Prewriting and Research Notes

First, begin by doing brainstorming/freewriting/clustering before conducting research. Always choose a

topic that you already know something about. Enter your prewriting here or on another document of
your choice:

Javan Rhinos

Human race supposed to be the most intelligent living on earth. We supposed to be the ones
can take care of our planet.

I guess we are not making a good job because some animal species are disappearing.

Begin your research. As you read about your topic, copy and paste sentences that you think you might
use in your essay under “Research.” Then, copy and paste the link for the research under “source.” This
research will help support your essay, but most of the essay needs to contain your own thoughts and
commentary. Add as many rows as you need.

Source Research
https://www.wwf.org.uk/learn/wildlife/
endangered-animals
JAVAN RHINOS
Once found throughout south-east Asia,
Javan rhinos  have suffered a staggering
decline in their numbers due to hunting
and habitat loss. The lone wild population
of Javan rhinos is one of the rarest of the
rhino species—around 75 individuals—
which can only be found on the island of
Java, Indonesia. 

The Ujung Kulon National Park, a World

Heritage Site, is the last remaining refuge
of Javan rhinos. But the area also suffers
from the invading Arenga palm, leaving
the rhinos with less food to eat and less
habitat to roam. Besides, the small Javan
rhino population is also extremely
vulnerable to extinction due to natural

https://theconversation.com/saving-javan-
rhinos-from-extinction-starts-with-
counting-them-and-its-not-easy-75688
https://rhinos.org/about-rhinos/rhino-
species/javan-rhino/
catastrophes, disease, poaching and
potential inbreeding.
he Javan rhino (Rhinoceros sondaicus) is
found only at the very western tip of the
Indonesian island of Java, in the rainforest
habitats of Ujung Kulon National Park
(UKNP). However, this wasn’t always so.
Many species have small natural ranges, but
Javan rhinos once inhabited much of
Southeast Asia. Now landscape changes,
habitat loss and hunting have reduced their
numbers to a precarious few. The last known
Javan rhino in mainland Asia was poached in
2009. Today Javan rhinos are listed as
critically endangered by the International
Union for the Conservation of Nature. 
Recovering any wild animal population with
so few individuals remaining is very difficult.
Small populations grow slowly even in the
best of circumstances. And if even a few
animals are lost to poaching, disease or other
factors, the loss represents a relatively large
proportion of the population. 
It also is very hard to count small populations
and characterize their distribution accurately.
Often this critical information is poorly
known, which makes it challenging for
scientists to track the population and evaluate
whether their actions are having positive
effects. Nonetheless, scientists and the
Indonesian government are forming a plan to
rescue this imperiled species.
JAVAN RHINO
(RHINOCEROS SONDAICUS)
Indonesia’s Ministry of Environment and
Forestry (MOEF) estimates the Javan rhino
population at 76 individuals in 2022, a small
increase over last year’s 75, with one birth
and no deaths reported so far this year.
Javan rhinos are found only in Indonesia’s
Ujung Kulon National Park (UKNP), where
ten years ago there were fewer than 50
Javan rhinos. The rhino population has
gradually increased, with at least one new
calf recorded every year since 2012.