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Indonesia is an abundant nation in terms of natural resources, particularly biological resources, encompassing a wide range of plant and animal species. An act of wildlife crime that frequently takes place in Indonesia is the illicit trade of wildlife. Vulnerabilities in facilities and infrastructure, along with administrative deficiencies in the form of convoluted bureaucracy, might [...]
According to new research, ecotourism can only effectively contribute to the conservation of orangutans and other critically endangered animals if it generates enough revenue to offset logging revenue. It can also use some of the profits to support efforts to return human-wildlife conflict-affected animals to their natural habitats. Understanding how the term ecotourism is commonly [...]
Aceh is undeniably to be the region with the largest numbers of Sumatran elephant population on Sumatra Island. Deforestation in some areas bordering Gunung Leuser National Park that have become home to Sumatran elephants (Elephas maximus sumatranus) is also seriously impacted. Until today, since December 2022, what we have learned from massive hidden deforestation in [...]
The second "Wildlife Conservation Camp" in Bukit Lawang, North Sumatra, operated by SUMECO in partnership with Singapore's The Untamed Paths, was conducted while SUMECO demanded to be more focused on rescuing animals nearby Bukit Lawang and Medan city. This second "Wildlife Conservation Camp" has given me a new perspective on where this camp will go. [...]
Before human settlement in Bukit Lawang began in the 1960s, animals that already lived there and in Gunung Leuser National became native inhabitants. Animals have been present in the core area and the buffer zones that are now human settlements since the beginning, and those who came here transformed the area into houses, hotels, inns, [...]
In the midst of the unfinished COVID-19 pandemic, people are now haunted by monkeypox; it's something those who understand are seriously aware of. The World Health Organization (WHO) has even declared the monkeypox outbreak a global health emergency. COVID-19 and monkeypox are two of hundreds of examples of zoonotic diseases. Then, what are zoonoses? What [...]
I once conducted a study on the Trabala caterpillar's non-mutual symbiotic relationship or parasitism, which is located and found in SUMECO, North Sumatra, Indonesia, at an altitude of 312 meters above sea level. Because plants have mobility limitations, they must devise a defense strategy to protect themselves when attacked by herbivorous insects. When herbivorous insects [...]
My first visit to Bukit Lawang was prompted by a quick plan to follow two American biologists who were intrigued by the orange-furred great apes' inability to jump and instead swinging from one tree to another by holding all the strong, flexible branches. It was my birthday trip on November 29, 2010, 12 years ago, [...]
Mina has contributed a long story to Bukit Lawang, during her lifetime. Most guides and foreign or domestic tourists had their own stories to tell when Mina comes to their minds. I got my own stories too to tell, she destroyed a Canon and my Samsung S6 Edge. Mina was considered to be a successful [...]
Among herpetologists, the king cobra has been recognized to be the most intelligent snake species, no doubt about it. Building the nest, and guarding it, awareness, and amazing eyes sights have become a few reasons to give value to this species being remarkable. "King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) has become the most wanted species of snake [...]
