The Sumatran Tiger Trust
Registered Charity No 1082186 (UK)

2007 - a completely new exciting programme of activities and protection and we need you to help us continue to make it the most successful Tiger Protection Programme as it has been for the past 10 years, With the most experienced Tiger Protection and Education team in Indonesia.

”Together…! Save the Sumatran Tiger”

The Program is particularly active in Datai village situated some 15 kilometres inside the park boundary.

 
Home sweet home in Datai Village

The Talang Mamak – an indigenous tribes-people living within Datai village. These people represent some of the last semi-nomadic, shifting agriculturalists in Sumatra – having for many hundreds of years preferred to live simply, deep inside the rainforest, maintaining a harmonious relationship with the surrounding forest and its wildlife.

Schoolhouse funded by STT

 
Teacher, Student and STCP Coordinator in front of the school

Teacher  sponsored by the Tiger Trust

Students learning to read

·         Tiger Protection Unit staff also serve as temporary teachers when residing in the village. The teaching and health facility (built with traditional materials through a cooperative effort between villagers and Program staff) also serves as a deep forest camp for the Tiger Protection Units when on patrol. 

         Infant mortality rates within Datai are high (almost 50%) the project also funds a health visitor to visit the village once a week and is working to ensure the hopefully resulting increase in population will be dealt with in a sustainable way. The medical facility, through close cooperation with the district Department of Health, has now treated 160 cases – providing free medicines and nutritional supplements whenever required.

·         The good will that has been generated through close community support of the Talang Mamak people allows the Tiger Patrol units and Program staff unhindered access to all areas of the park, and an ability to integrate with these notoriously shy villagers during necessary overnight stops. The open communication and trust between the Program staff and the Talang Mamak has also opened up a massive resource with respect to local forest knowledge, navigation to more outlying regions, and intelligence on illegal activities within the park. The Program’s recent success in apprehending and prosecuting an extensive tiger poaching and trade syndicate leading to record convictions for the six felons involved, relied extensively on this close community participation with both indigenous tribes and local villagers living around the park.

 
Children in Datai - getting food

Children of Datai - playing

Click here to read a letter from one of the students  of Datai village

Second school opens in Datai

Latest News

20 August 2007  World's first for tiger conservation  Translocated conflict tiger fitted with GPS collar - FIRST! MORE

18.07.07 2 Tigers caught by new cameras in wknp .. just 2 days after installing new cameras (supplied by STT) in Way Kambas 2 new tigers have been captured on film.... MORE

06.06.07  New tiger photos just in  captured on remote camera   MORE  

06.06.07 Second school opens - funded by STT MORE

01.06.07 Motorbikes funded by STT in use in the field MORE

23.05.07 Annual Report Way Kambas NP...MORE

08.05.07  Teams receive New essential equipment-motorbikes funded by STT Pics

08.05.07... workshop for the local communities... MORE 

30.04.07   Annual report Bukit Tigapuluh NP   Revealing the Mystery of Bukit Tigapuluh NP  MORE

Senepis- Latest 16/4/07 Government create corridor to Dumai causing major problems in Senepis...MORE

7/4/07 Protecting the tiger faced mushroom - rare rafflesia monitoring... MORE

A Week On Patrol In Bukit Duabelas National Park... More

Senepis - Latest news including:
Tiger spotted in village - capture attempted. MORE

Nov 2006 Drought Crisis in Way Kambas NP more

Datai village - Latest news and pics... including first ever letter from village child taught to read and write by the teacher funded by STT...More

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