Category Archives: Project

Javan Leopard Monitoring in Meru Betiri National Park

Meru Betiri National Park with Ujung Kulon National Park and Gunung Halimun Salak National Park hold approximately more than one third of the Javan leopard population, making these national parks to become the three most important refugia for the remaining Javan leopard global population. The monitoring of these big cats in Meru Betiri National Park […]

Learn How to Use the Maximum Entropy for Modelling of Sumatran Tiger Habitat Suitability

Salah satu tahapan mitigasi konflik manusia dan harimau adalah pelepasliaran kembali harimau yang telah tertangkap saat terjadinya konflik. Tahapan ini membutuhkan analisa yang kuat agar harimau yang dilepasliarkan tidak akan kembali ke area pemukiman. Di sisi yang sama, area pelepasliaran juga perlu dipastikan dapat menjadi habitat yang ideal bagi harimau tersebut.   Awal Bulan Oktober […]

Pocket Book: Hiduik Badakekan jo Inyiak Balang

The Sumatran tiger is subspecies of the tiger and native to Indonesia and currently have critically endangered status. Meanwhile in West Sumatra, tigers are commonly called “Inyiak” which mean the elders or the keepers.  Those placed the tigers in important role in Minang social and culture. We can see the ancestors demonstrate the profound value […]

Macan Tutul Jawa, Sang “Penjaga” Hutan yang Semakin Terdesak Hidupnya

Tradisi di masyarakat Jawa menunjukkan, macan tutul jawa adalah simbol kemakmuran dan penjaga hutan yang menyediakan air dan udara segar bagi kehidupan masyarakat. Namun, spesies kucing besar ini sangat terancam punah dan terasing di petak-petak kecil hutan yang tersebar di Pulau Jawa, yang berpenduduk padat di Indonesia. Mongabay berdiskusi dengan ahli biologi Hariyo “Bibah” Wibisono […]

Bring Sipogu Back to Her Home

On July 23, 2021, Balai Konservasi Sumber Daya Alam (BKSDA, the Provincial Nature Conservation Agency) West Sumatra rescued a female Sumatran tiger from a palm oil plantation managed by PT. Pasaman Marama Sejahtera (PT. PMS). Currently the Sumatran tiger, later is named as Sipogu, is being taken care at the Kinantan Cultural Wildlife Park (TMSBK), […]