>> Would you expect to find FISH in a forest? You can now! In the forests of Kalimantan (Borneo) at Rimba Orangutan Ecolodge, manager Pak Nopri has just bought 100 fingerling Nile Perch (delicious eating), to raise in a plastic tarpaulin tank to provide food, and an income for the staff and restaurant .They are starting small with a budget of Rp 500.000 (AUD50), including fish, and 3 to 4 months dry feed. It is […]
OUR FOUNDATION NEWS Update project in Satwa, Kelimutu and Rimba IT’S TWINS! In Sumatra, Ibu Naniks first goat has had not one, but two kids! The Satwa Sumatra Ecolodge staff are buzzing with excitement. Ibu Rumiatun has just taken a loan to buy two new Rambon breed goats, cross Indonesian/Australian. Both are two months pregnant. She is hoping for twins! Pak Suratnos male is getting bigger, to be sold when the price is right. This […]
PARTNERS OF THE INDONESIA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION YAYASAN KONSERVASI INDONESIA – BUMI KITA (ICFOW/YKIBK) “No man is an island” is a quote from John Donne’s devotions of 1624 and is relevant to all of us today as we struggle forward under the burden of the COVID global pandemic. We are excited by not only the support of individuals but also by the support of companies and a school. We wish to highlight some of these in […]
OUR FOUNDATION NEWS. AGRICULTURE AT KELIMUTU ECOLODGE AND THE GOAT AT SATWA ECOLODGE Farmers everywhere watch the skies, ‘’will it rain ?” Our staff in Flores at the Kelimutu Crater Lakes EcoLodge are asking the same question. A Conservation loan for land clearing resulted in a good crop of Sawi Putih or White Cabbage ( after a slug feast delayed the start ). This was followed by a good crop of cabbages so more were […]
ABOUT OUR NEW FOUNDATION WEBPAGE. The global COVID situation seems out of control globally with no end in sight until either there is a reliable vaccine or a unified global response. The latter seems unlikely. Thus, our company through our NGO the Indonesia Conservation Foundation – Our World (ICFOW), we must expand activities from Phase 1 programs to larger Phase 2 programs. For these activities we need the help from those in the global community […]
NEWS FROM OUR FOUNDATION Planting new trees at the Tanjung Puting National Park has started! -Scroll kebawah untuk terjemahan dalam Bahasa- As promised, the planting of new trees near the Tanjung Puting National Park has started ! You can see the young plants being carried in plastic bags to be transported by river to the site. The plastic bags are used again and again, as are the polybags where the seedlings were grown, so don’t […]
