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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.
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Bukit Tigapuluh National ParkBukit Tigapuluh or "The Thirty Hills" lies just South of the equator in Eastern Sumatra. Approximately 130,000 hectares of lowland and hill tropical rainforest (some intra ecosystems exist inside like swamp and highland) of which the largest part is located in Riau province; a smaller part of 33,000 ha. is located in Jambi province. Bukit Tigapuluh is the most important area of remaining lowland forest on Sumatra These forests represent the biologically richest habitat type on earth, and one of the most threatened. Lowland forests are under severe threat from agricultural encroachment as well as plantation and timber enterprises all over Indonesia. Bukit Tigapuluh has had the great advantage that the area has been relatively isolated, only inhabited by the local Malay, Talang, Mamak and Kubu tribes. Recently large-scale plantation and timber companies have moved into the Riau and Jambi provinces and threats to the park have intensified. Bukit Tigapuluh forms part of the globally important Tesso Nilo Complex where some of the highest biodiversity figures on earth have been recorded.
BiodiversityIn addition to providing a vital catchment protection for several large rivers the park is a safe haven for thousands of species of plants and animals, many of which are threatened by extinction or extremely rare. Known to exist are some of the rarest and endangered species.
Indigenous tribes: The forests and its surrounding buffer area also provide homes for Orang Rimba (Kubu) and Talan Mamak - forest dwelling tribal communities all of whom have adapted to living in the environment in a sustainable way that has little impact on the ecosystem. ORANG RIMBA: Orang Rimba, the "People of the Forest" are an indigenous people, numbering 2,500, in Jambi Province. Approximately 364 live in the forests on Bukit Tigapuluh. The Orang Rimba have developed a traditional system of forest resources management, based on enrichment and selective enhancement of many tree and plant species. They generally collect non-wood forest products, hunt, and practice swidden cultivation. The fact that the Orang Rimba base their livelihood on the collection of forest products makes this forest of great importance to them. TALANG MAMAK: Known as a hinterland tribe, the Talang Mamak number only about 6,000 and depend on the natural resources found in the park in Riau's Indragiri Hulu regency. The Medicinal Biota Expedition found
the Talang Mamak tribe use 110 and the Kubu tribe 101 of medicinal
plants and fungi to cure over 50 diseases. Leaves are the most
usable part of medical plants after roots, bark and sap. They
have long known the plants and fungi as effective cures for common
diseases such as rheumatism, dysentery, hepatitis, respiratory ailments,
malaria, goiter, skin rashes, coughs and diabetes. Some plants
are also considered natural contraceptives. ThreatsThe park is under severe threat from agricultural encroachment as well as plantation and timber enterprises all over Indonesia. However, recently large-scale plantation and timber companies have moved into the Riau and Jambi provinces and now approximately two thirds of the park has been logged. The main potential threat comes from clearing land around the park for establishing oil palm or Industrial timber plantation, and coal mining planning to north of the park The other threat arise from newly established transmigration area to the north and west of the park. Unfortunately, much of this area, which borders directly on the Bukit Tigapuluh National Park, is now designated for conversion to plantation, and the remainder is being degraded at a rapid rate, not merely by licensed logging companies but also by numerous illegal loggers.
Illegal logging inside the park | 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: Poacher
caught
and animals released back to the wild MORE New wild tigers caught on remote cameras to name..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 Senepis Tiger Conservation Area – 106,000 hectares approved by Minister of Forestry more View world exclusive pictures of a wild Flat Headed Cat - click here Go on a virtual anti-poaching patrol with rangers in Sumatra - click here |
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