The Tropical Forest Conservation Action Sumatra (TFCA-S) programme has been active for more than a decade with intervention focus on saving the remaining tropical forests and biodiversity. During this period, TFCA-S has provided grant funding support to non-governmental organisations, community groups, and universities operating in 13 landscapes of Sumatra and contributing to the conservation ...
The press in human civilisation plays fundamental functions, such as education, information sources, entertainment, and social control, so that it can influence or create public opinion (mass communication). The rapid development of the press in the past gave birth to student groups who were full of initiative to spread the truth. As early as 1914-1941, coinciding with the emergence of the national awakening movement, various names of student presses began to appear.
‘I want to take my family to see the beauty of hill thirty,’ said Panji.
Nagari Sako Utara Pasia Talang is a beautiful nagari, a wealth of mother earth in the realm of minang. Located in Sungai Pagu District, South Solok Regency. The 35.41 square kilometre Nagari is adjacent to the Kerinci Seblat National Park (TNKS). This national park is listed in the World Heritage Site as the Mountainous Tropical Forest Heritage Site Cluster of ...
Coffee is one of the commodities whose demand continues to be in demand by the market. This condition is in line with the increasing consumption of coffee in Indonesia. This ever-increasing demand needs to be supported by the availability of products to meet the market. Speaking of enjoyment, there are really no words that can describe the true taste of coffee, instead it has its own meaning and perspective for each connoisseur, as well as a representation of contemporary and modern lifestyles for some people. This is marked by the existence of
The day has been late, but this was not the sign to take a rest as routine activity for some areas. Whereas the people of buffer village Way Kambas could not sleep for the coming night, as the mamals in Elephas Maximus Sumatresis
Saving the landscape is often carried out in parallel by developing economic activities in communities outside the area. Whereas its purpose to provide diversion all at once income to the communities so that the pressure on forest area will decrease. Therefore in implementation of TFCA-S program by partners, several economic empowerment activities have been encouraged by in charge field staff when overseeing the implementation. As field staff has the capability to explore the
When every dry season comes, it is also able tobe predicted the routine threat then namely famine. Farmers' incomes are reduced due to the dry season, the quality and quantity of harvests have decreased, and even failed. Therefore, in order to meet the food needs that cannot wait until the rainy season comes, farmers choose to hunt to survive. This is understandable because hunting may have been ingrained in humans. Starting from prehistoric times to modern era, hunting has become a routine activity. The only thing which changed is the pattern, shape and frequency. It can be concluded that a long time ago hunting has been the main way for humans to meet their food needs for survival.
) with an area of 125,631.31 ha lies down at the southern part of Sumatra Island, precisely in East Lampung Regency of Lampung Province. Therefore, the western part of this conservation area is directly adjacent to local people housing called as buffer village while the eastern part is directly adjacent to the Java Sea. This tropical landscape holds biodiversity and becoming the home for several charismatic animals such as Sumatran rhino
Tropical Forest Conservation Action for Sumatra (TFCA-S) has opened Grant Cycle 8 (SH-VIII) which is dedicated to support the implementation of the Urgent Action Plan to save the Sumatran elephant population and habitat and at this moment it has reached the final stage of grant process to candidate partner that is approved.
