Photos: Yayasan KIARA
More good news comes from Indonesia, where four donated binoculars have arrived at Yayasan KIARA, a non-profit organisation established in 2020 for the conservation of the endangered Javan Gibbon and its forest ecosystem. The binoculars will support Yayasan KIARA’s activities in West Java related to scientific research and long-term monitoring, environmental education, and community empowerment. Two pairs of binoculars are currently being used by seven field assistants to monitor three groups of Javan gibbons at the long-term field site in Gunung Halimun Salak National Park, run in collaboration with the Javan Gibbons Research and Conservation Project (JGRCP) and Ewha Womans University. The other two binoculars are used by 15 members of the Sanggabuana Wildlife Rangers, Yayasan KIARA’s local partner for monitoring biodiversity and threats in the unprotected Gunung Sanggabuana area in West Java.
As always, our thanks go to the donors of the optical equipment. We wish Yayasan KIARA and its partners all the best in their conservation and education efforts for the Javan Gibbon in Indonesia. For more information and news from the projects, visit Yayasan KIARA’s website and Instagram account, as well as the Instagram account of the Sanggabuana Wildlife Rangers.