tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56639372011-04-22T13:24:06.032+08:00A weblog documenting efforts to conserve Babirusa in the Paguyaman Forest of Sulawesi, IndonesiaMatt Prescotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14104361844199902873noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663937.post-29664802394260415342008-01-22T21:58:00.000+08:002008-01-22T23:32:06.555+08:00

In December 2007, Dr Lynn Clayton, co-ordinator of the Nantu Project in northern Sulawesi, Indonesia gave a presentation with her colleagues Ani Kartikasari, Dr. Abdul Haris Mustari and Agung Priyo Sarjono entitled Protecting Sulawesi's Endangered Biodiversity through "REDD" : A case study in Gorontalo Province, Indonesia.The UNFCCC's Bali Conference was a great opportunity to meet experts and

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An additional 21,000 hectares of forest conserved! Amidst pessimism of Indonesia' conservation record comes rare positive news from the little known province of Gorontalo, on the island of Sulawesi. The remote and accessible Paguyaman Forest, one of Indonesia's few remaining pristine forests and the last stronghold in the world of the extraordinary curly-tusked pig, the babirusa, has been

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A childrens' story book by Martyn Colbeck + Lynn Clayton. Illustrated by Dadi Sungkowo. Long, long ago in the middle of a vast blue sea, there was a beautiful island. The sea surrounding the island was over-flowing with fish. There were small ones and big ones but every single one of them was more colourful than you can imagine. The island itself was covered in thick, dark forest. The trees of

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A reprint of an article written by Dr. Lynn Clayton for BBC Wildlife:Its fearsome-looking tusks are the most obviously unusual feature of the pig-deer of Sulawesi, but there's plenty more to keep a babirusa researcher busy in the rainforest. The smell of sulphur drifts across the still salt-lick. Perched high in a tree, I awkwardly shift position, small ants biting my skin. Pigeons drop from the

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