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Bukit Tigapuluh National Park2004 STT Chairman's VisitBukit 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.
We start this particular journey on the Southern border of the National Park
after driving for many hours on the roughest roads you can imagine . through
thousands of hectares of land that until only a year or so ago was dense forest
full of life but now is flattened and either oil palm plantation or settled by
migrants trying to farm a living from the devastation that is left. The journey took us along old logging roads that are now seriously degraded and returning back to nature although sometimes there was treacherous sections of erosion to navigate.
The first signs of life deep in the forest were encountered .
this is a Datai house that has been abandoned to move once the area has produced
food for a few years. the Datai people traditionally use slash and burn farming
only producing enough for their needs and utilizing natural material such as
rubber and forest fruits. they do not rely on hunting for their food .This is
extremely successful and sustainable as it only affects very small areas at
The journey took us through some of the most difficult terrain ,
steep hills and deep rivers all natural protection for the traditional lives of
these people of the
| 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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The Sumatran Tiger Trust
In early
June 2004 the chairman, David Gill was accompanied by the head Animal Carer of
South Lakes Wild Animal Park and a camera woman filming for the STT to produce a
DVD of the Charities activities, portions of which have subsequently been used
on ITV1 border a UK TV station.
the border is protected with vigor to prevent any further illegal encroachment .
Through 35 degrees of heat and burning sun we set off leaving our vehicles
behind to trek on foot the next 27 km to the central part of the National Park
and the Datai Village.
any
one time and then the area is allowed to return to nature once used for a couple
of years. Village sizes are small and the effect on the forest is hardly
noticeable as opposed to the modern wipe out that "civilized" man has
done outside the park.
forest.
