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Sokokembang forest view |
17-20 June 2014 are special days for the coffee and primate
conservation project, in Sokokembang village, Petungkriono
, Central Java. We had a visit from Fort
Wayne zoo staff (Dr. Joe Smith) and Fort Worth Zoo (
Dr Nancy P. Lung). The reason to visit
Sokokembang is Javan gibbon, to see the field condition, problems and real
action to stop extinction of the rarest gibbon in Indonesia.
As host for the project, after we introduce all the the
project team we visiting Kayupuring village to meet village government officers there. Our mission is to express
appreciation to the local government that Sokokembang within Kayupuring village
has become part of the world’s attention to conserve endangered primates.
Primate and habitat preservation involving forest communities have a real
contribution to sustainable development with economic and ecological
consideration complementary.
Primate watching in Sokokembang forest also become most interesting for our guest, we
had observe with very clearly all four primate species in the forest i.e
Javan gibbon (Hylobates moloch) Javan langur (Trachypithecus
auratus), Javan Surili (Presbytis
fredericae) and Longtailed macaque (Macaca
fascicularis), so lucky we are, observing all these primate in a single feeding
tree, where there was ficus tree have been fruited and all the primates have
been feed on them.
We also invited
our guest to join in our village meeting, meet the villagers who processing forest-coffee and off course to feel our jungle track heading to our tree house which
usually to be used as javan gibbon monitoring based on their call.
Three days for
the field visit also giving invaluable experience and motivation to our team member to continue our
works, to conserve our endangered primates and it's habitat, and photos will tell you more than words.
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with village government officers |
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Joe and Dr.Sena adisubrata from Gadjah Mada University |
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ID? |
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primate watching |
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Civet coffee |
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Nancy and Emily trying to capture the gibbon |
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Bird watching from tree house |
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Walking through forest coffee habitat |
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coffee processing and other non timber forest products |
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group photo with team, family and tv crew |
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