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Harapan Rainforest, Jambi/South Sumatra provinces,
Sumatra
Field site coordinates:
Latitude: S 2° 7' 42''
Longitude: E 103° 22' 30''
Contact person:
Dr Victoria Powell
E-mail address:
v.powell@harapanrainforest.org
Project web site:
www.harapanrainforest.org
Mailing address for research project:
Harapan Rainforest
Restorasi Ekosistem Hutan Indonesia
P.O.Box 007, Jambi 36000, Sumatra
Indonesia.
Research objectives:
Our work is currently focusing on a population assessment and distribution of agile
gibbon in Harapan Rainforest and habituation of groups for a future study into their
feeding ecology.
Species studied:
Agile gibbon (Hylobates agilis)
Other primate species found at field site:
Siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus)
Brown Sumatran langur (Presbytis melalophos)
Pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina)
Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis)
Affiliation:
Burung Indonesia
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Birdlife International
Funding:
United States Fish & Wildlife Service - Great Ape Fund
Project duration (begin and projected end dates):
July 2009 - ongoing
Way Canguk Research Station
Field study:
Way Canguk Research Station, Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, Lampung Province,
SW. Sumatra
Contact person:
Dr. Timothy G. O'Brien
Dr. Margaret F. Kinnaird
E-mail: mkinnaird@wcs.org
Gibbon species at site:
Agile gibbon (Hylobates agilis)
Siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus)
Other primate species found at site:
Brown Sumatran langur (Presbytis melalophos)
Silvered leaf monkey (Trachypithecus cristatus)
Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis)
Pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina)
Western tarsier (Tarsius bancanus)
Affiliation:
Wildlife Conservation Society - Indonesia Program, Bogor, Java, Indonesia
Department of Forest Conservation and Nature Preservation in the Ministry of Forestry
(PHPA) of Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park (BBSNP)
Project begin/end dates:
1997-ongoing
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