We are concerning about Eco Tour around Indonesia, KORINDO NETWORK LINTAS RAYA, PT - TOURS and TRAVEL under website korindo-network.com that has been online since 2004, we dedicate this web page (non-commercial web page) as we always concern about the Nature and Wildlife. KORINDO NETWORK LINTAS RAYA, PT - TOURS and TRAVEL co-operate with Friends of the National Parks Foundation has been made tour program in Tanjung Puting National Park.

This tour program combine with:
Visiting orangutan
Explore inside park
Camping around re-forestation project
Involved directly with re-forestation project at Pesalat Camp ( you can help re-plant at least one tree per person).

Other benefit by taking our tour program instead of you help the local income and re-forestation project, you will reduce the number of illegal logging (hopefully stopping the illegal logging). Because all our local people team are trained to be qualified in eco tours and people who live around the park.

for donation, you can pay directly to www.fnpf.org

FRIENDS OF NATIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION PROLOGUE

Friends of National Parks Foundation (FNPF) is a local non-profit organisation working to preserve Indonesia’s wildlife and its habitat for her people and for the world.

The Philosophy of FNPF is that we are all connected

FNPF believe that working in just one area is not enough. We take a holistic, balanced and comprehensive approach which recognizes the intrinsic inter-relatedness of human beings, our fellow creatures and the environment.

As a small active Non Government Organisation we focus on grassroots issues and frontline conservation.

We work in cooperation with many groups and individuals including researchers, local communities, government, customary and cultural groups, international volunteers and the global conservation community.

Our work is highly regarded in many circles.

In 2004, our Nusa Penida project was short-listed for a Whitley Award nomination.

In 2006, our Kalimantan project was nominated for the Equator Prize.

In 2003 Director of FNPF, Drh I.G.N. Bayu Wirayudha was nominated for Indonesia’s Kalpataru (Hero of the Earth) Award for his work with conservation. He has again been nominated for this award in 2007

Forest and Habitat Restoration
Objective: Restore habitat alongside local communities and support the conservation of rainforest.

KALIMANTAN
* More than 70% of Indonesia's original forest cover has been lost
* Within the last decade, the wild orangutan population has decreased by 50%
* Logging, most of it illegal, is estimated to destroy over 2.4 million hectares acres per year
* Illegal gold mining removes the top soil; it will take centuries for the forest to recover

From weed-infested wasteland...

Reforestation in Kalimantan has a failure rate of over 70%, with more than 2 million hectares lost each year to fire, logging and land rezoning. Imperata, one of the world’s 10 worst weeds, then takes over, depleting the soil and increasing the risk of fire.

..to carefully nurtured seedlings

FNPF and local villagers have cultivated > 60,000 seedlings representing 47 varieties of rainforest trees. Seedlings are nurtured for 12-24 months, to ensure vigorous root, stem and crown growth that will help them survive in poor sandy soils

...to young growing

As at February 2007, we have reforested 100 hectares of rainforest, and we target a further 100 hectares within a year. Currently, our mature sites have a stable survival rate in excess of 80%. Our methods have been refined over three years, and successfully modified for dry lowland forest and peat swamp forest. Our reforestation program is considered the most successful in Central Borneo.

In all our work, we keep in mind the different layers of a rainforest and the need for maintenance. A year before planting precious hardwood seedlings, we establish fast-growing endemic pioneers and nurse trees such as idat, gerungging and bamboo to improve the soil and restore the microclimate. Once rainforest seedlings are planted, we maintain the sites for 3 years, until seedlings are strong enough to survive on their own.

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Please click here for details reports and Activities about Friends of the National Parks Foundation

we advised that the website www.northernmagic.com/fnpf was up and running. Now thanks to the work of Paul Couch and the support of Dan Hulsmann I am happy to advise that the original FNPF website www.fnpf.org has also been updated. Paul wants to make a couple more improvements to the layout but it is great to have our website “back on the air” Please take a look and tell us what you think.
Orangutan

We are honoured that Mr. Endang Sukara (Indonesian Scientific Agency - Biodiversity Director, and Coordinator of UNESCO’s Man and Biosphere). will be our guest and will participate in our event at Pangkalan Bun. Mr. Endang will discuss the possibility of sustainable economic growth based on conservation; he has had great experience, is very knowledgeable on this subject. And it is a subject that is highly relevant to Tanjung Putting National park right now.
Bat Conservation International

The project to conduct a survey of Fruit Bats in conjunction with the Bat Conservation International starts early next month and will run for a year. It will be conducted in the in the Tanjung Harapan area of the National Park. We have been very fortunate indeed to have Dr Matt Struebig offer his support and advice for this project. He is an internationally recognized authority and will train our people then join us in the field next year; both greatly appreciated.
Estuarine Crocodiles

Arrangements to undertake a status survey of crocodiles in the Sungai Sekonyer with Dr Rene Bonke are proceeding and we should have more information in the next newsletter.

Carbon Offsets

We have started to look at the possibilities and opportunities offered through Carbon Offsets and the whole Anti-Global Warming effort. It seems we may well be many years away from participation on any meaningful scale. A number of people from the USA and Indonesia have been very helpful to us, but none more than Rezal Kusumaatmadja‏ and Sarah Conway of Starling Resources in Denpasar.

Hotels
We are taking to representatives of leading hotels in Bali about the forestation proposals for Nusa Penida. This has attracted some interest and we will be discussing the possibility of hotel guests offsetting the “Carbon Footprint” of their holiday by planting trees on Nusa Penida.
Garuda Inflight Magazine Article

The Nusa Penida Bird Sanctuary and the Bali Starling release program featured as the major article in the Garuda Airlines In Flight Magazine this month. Thanks to our good friend Godi Dijkman who provided both story and photos.
Displays

At the recent UBUD WRITERS FESIVAL we were one of only four NGO’s with an exhibit. We will also be displaying at the DYATMAKA SCHOOL SCIENCE FAIR in November. In December the UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON GLOBAL WARMING will be held in Bali. It seems that only associated bodies may display there but we have pointed out that there seems to be no local NGOs represented and we have offered to rectify that “oversight” and be an exhibitor. It is doubtful that they will change the rules just for us.
Newsletter Mailing List

875 That’s the number for today. There are now 875 people on our Newsletter mailing list; which is triple the number of six months ago. That’s not bad growth in such a short time. Also the number of emails being returned as ‘undeliverable” is getting less and less each time as we sort out the non-current addresses. We do not have a target figure in mind but 10,000 or 100,000 are nice round numbers!
Membership Donations

More good news is that membership donations can be made on-line through the FNPF website by using your credit card. This is thanks to the generous co-operation of Humane Society International Australia.

As we have said before donations from our friends and supporters are vital if we are to continue to be successful in our work, we cannot survive on grant or deficit funding alone. Would you please become a “Member” by paying a donation? The minimum donation is only 100,000 rupiah, but, of course, you may donate whatever you wish. After rounding up, which helps cover costs, we think a reasonable rate of exchange for 100,000 rupiah today is - US$12; UK 6; Aus$13; Can$11; Euro€8; Jp¥1,300. For most currencies that is lower amount than previously advised.

Kind regards from all at FNPF

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Eco-tourism

Carefully managed Eco-tourism is available at Tanjung Puting National Park site in conjuction with Korindo Network Tours. offers fully inclusive accommodation with all meals. At the time of writing package tours from Bali or Lombok are under consideration and may well become a featured service of this organization in the near future.
Kalimantan

At the 750,000 acre Tanjung Puting National Park package tours are likely to include air-fares from Bali or Jakarta to Pankalanbun; guides; entrance fees; porterage.

All transport will be provided:

* Road transport to Kumai
* River transport by speedboat to Tanjung Harapan
* River transport by kelotok to Camp Leakey

All accommodation will be provided in:

* camp
* kelotok

All meals will be provided including picnics and barbeques.

Unforgettable memories and experiences with Orangutans; Proboscis Monkeys;an occasional crocodile; and maybe a Clouded Leopard or a Sun Bear come free of charge.