>To Envorum > > KALIMANTAN GIBBONS CONSERVATION PROGRAM > KALAWEIT RESEARCH STATION > >BIOSKETCH >I'am a member of the French Society of Primatology (SFDP), President of the >Etho-Passion Society (French Society of Conservation) and Director of the >Kalaweit program (Kalimantan Gibbons Conservation Program) in Borneo, >Indonesia. My organization works with the local communities and >international conservation agencies, for the protection of the equatorial >rain-forest and the anthropoids (gibbons -Hylobates agilis and Hylobates >muelleri-; orang-utan -Pongo pygmaeus-) in the Bukit Baka Bukit Raya >National Park. The Kalaweit program is a new conservation program (Signature >of the Memorandum of Understanding between Etho-Passion and the Ministry of >Forestry and Estate Crops of the Republic of Indonesia -1999-) > >THE KALAWEIT PROGRAM >The Kalaweit Research Station, of the French Society of Conservation >Etho-Passion, will be ready to welcome researchers next year. (First >arrivals may be possible in April 2000.) The research station's setting is >the primary equatorial rain-forest of the Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National >Park, in Borneo. The station's main goal is to coordinate conservation >activities.These activities entail the management of the following programs: >the Gibbon Rehabilitation Program, the Conservation Education Program, and >the sensibilization of local communities. The Kalaweit Research Station is >ideal for in situ research in primatology, ethology, behavioral ecology, >botany, and the like. Research activities will be a complement to the >conservation program and will provide it with an autonomous financial >resource. Researchers will be required to give a small monthly fee. The >amount of the fee will be: $200 US for foreign researchers and $100 US for >Indonesian researchers. > >RESEARCH FEE >This small fee will cover certain types of assistance by Etho-Passion: >-Help in approaching local authorities in order to obtain a short-term visa >and research permit(this should be done at least 3 or 5 months before the >actual arrival in Indonesia). >-Transportation from the city airport to the station (2 and 1/2 days) and >within the center (by boat). >-Food and accommodations while in transit to the station (throughout various >villages) will be furnished by Etho-Passion. >-Occasionnal forest assistance. >-Occasionnal assistance in communicating with the local communities >(Indonesian and Dayaks languages). >Accommodations: >-One very simple room for 2 researchers, including two beds, two desks, one >typewriter, several oil lamps (no electricity), pens, paper, etc. >-Rustic shower and toilet facilities. >-Cooking will be taken care of by the station (local foods include: rice, >fish, manioc, fruit, etc.). >Some potential research subjects may be available (due to our various >conservation activities): >-Several young quarantined gibbons (Hylobates muelleri), who belong to the >rehabilitation program. >-Removal of biological samples (such as blood or hair) may be possible for >genetic or immunological research, with a possibility of exporting these >samples with a CITES Import/Export permit. > >OBLIGATIONS OF SCIENTIFIC VISITORS >-Respect and favor friendly relations with the local populations. >-Quote the Kalaweit Research Station in scientific publications, reports, >etc. >-Pay their participation fee before their arrival upon the station. Note: >The full amount of the research fee will go towards financing the Kalaweit >Conservation Program. > >THE NATIONAL PARK >The Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park (181.090 h.) is situated in the >Bornean provinces of West Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan.The park was not >affected by the 1997/98 fires.Its primary equatorial rain-forest can be >rather interesting from a scientific point of view (tropical forest >ecosystems which border rivers and mountains). The Bukit Raya mountain is >the tallest in Kalimantan, measuring in at 2278 m. A vulnerable population >of orang-utans live around this moutain. The BB BR National Park has been >protected by Indonesian law since 1992. > >PLEASE CONTACT >Program Director: Mr. Aurelien BRULE (Chanee) >E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Address: KALAWEIT PROGRAM, JL Demang Salilah I No 11, Komplex Unpar, >Palangka Raya, Kalteng, Indonesia --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mulai langganan: kirim e-mail ke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Stop langganan: kirim e-mail ke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive ada di http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
