I have had a great time exploring the rainforest. The people here have been nothing but helpful and kind. The sites of the rainforest and palm oil devastation have been heartbreaking.
This picture is from a restoration or replanting area at the Gunung Leuser National Park restoration site in Besitang in North Sumatra. Located in Sumatra is the Orangutan Information Centre (OIC), a nonprofit dedicated to the conservation of the Sumatran Orangutan and their habitat. The OIC has worked since 2005 to restore about 1,236 acres of forest that was illegally cleared and planted by two large palm oil plantation companies and small palm oil companies. The OIC is the first and only NGO granted permission to conduct restoration work within the national park. To date they have planted over a half a million trees! To read more about their work click here. The OIC has many projects involving grassroots conservation on the ground. Some of their projects include developing ecotourism to provide the opportunity to tourists to see semi-wild and wild orangutans, responding to reducing the amount of human-orangutan conflict and education of the communities and teachers in the area about the importance of conservation to preserve the orangutans. I encourage you to check out their website http://www.orangutancentre.org/ and watch this video put together by the OIC:
This picture is from a restoration or replanting area at the Gunung Leuser National Park restoration site in Besitang in North Sumatra. Located in Sumatra is the Orangutan Information Centre (OIC), a nonprofit dedicated to the conservation of the Sumatran Orangutan and their habitat. The OIC has worked since 2005 to restore about 1,236 acres of forest that was illegally cleared and planted by two large palm oil plantation companies and small palm oil companies. The OIC is the first and only NGO granted permission to conduct restoration work within the national park. To date they have planted over a half a million trees! To read more about their work click here. The OIC has many projects involving grassroots conservation on the ground. Some of their projects include developing ecotourism to provide the opportunity to tourists to see semi-wild and wild orangutans, responding to reducing the amount of human-orangutan conflict and education of the communities and teachers in the area about the importance of conservation to preserve the orangutans. I encourage you to check out their website http://www.orangutancentre.org/ and watch this video put together by the OIC:
Here are some more pictures from my adventures in the rainforest:
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| This is one of my awesome ecoguides in the forest, Darma. Darma works as a keeper at Bukit Lawang as well. |
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| Dadi, one of our guides in Tangkahan made me a plant fan to keep me cool and brush away the bugs. |
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| This is a hibiscus flower from Tangkahan, Indonesia. It is edible and can be boiled for a relaxing tea |
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| This is cocoa from Tangkahan, Indonesia. It tastes good and the seed inside has a strong taste. |
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