Imagine walking through the pitch-black darkness of the Sumatran jungle, the air thick with the hum of cicadas. You shine your flashlight up into the canopy, and suddenly, two massive, glowing amber saucers stare back at you. During a stay at Satwa Elephant Ecolodge, this isn’t a dream it’s reality. Visitors can get lucky enough to … Read more
24 May 2025 at 11:00 AM became an unforgettable moment for our experienced guide, Hakim, during a routine visit to Pondok Tanggui Feeding Station in Tanjung Puting National Park. As he approached the wooden bridge near the feeding area, something truly extraordinary happened – he caught sight of a clouded leopard, one of Borneo’s rarest … Read more
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A SPECIAL FEATURE – THE FOREST MANAGEMENT TRAINING CENTRE. The Forest Management Training Centre courses started small in August 2021, with our own local leaders taking a two-day course. Then, thanks to the efforts of Ibu Emi in the office in Bali and the interest and support of Ibu Birute Galdikas’ son Fred, channeled through … Read more
BUTTERFLIES FROM THE CANOPY TO FOREST EDGE Instead of projects or Covid, let’s have a look at why we are immersed in projects in the first place! ‘The Forest’ covers so much more than trees and orangutans, sheltering literally billions of species of birds, bats, animals, reptiles, snails, insects, orchids, and ferns, fungi, micro- organisms … Read more
UNUSUAL THREATS TO OUR PROJECTS. Since Covid we have experienced threats of loss of income, loss of jobs, and now….. A two- and -half metre long python managed to get itself into the rafters of Ibu Naniks goat pen, lying in wait for the precious kids, her bank account, as it were. The neighbors heard … Read more
