Indonesia

What is Operation Wallacea?• Tropical scientific expeditions in 15 countries• 200+ academics running more than 120 projects• Results published in peer-reviewed journals

What is Operation Wallacea?• 30 new vertebrate species to science discovered• Large temporal and spatial data sets obtained from tuition fee funded model• Data used to assess the performance of conservation management programmes

Opportunity for worldwide comparative studies

Cuba

Global Research and Conservation Strategy• Stage 1 - Assessing ecosystem diversity and function• Stage 2 - Monitoring ecosystem change• Stage 3 - Monitoring socio-economic change• Stage 4 - Establishing & monitoring the effectiveness of conservation management

programmes

Team Members

Principal Researchers

Assistant Researchers

Visiting Academics

Dissertation Students

Research Assistants

General Surveyors

Operations Staff

Medical Staff

Indonesia: Buton Island and the Wakatobi

Deforestation in southern Buton Island

Threats to the forest – hunting and selective logging

Importance of Lambusango forests?

21 new vertebrate species found

Flagship species - Anoa

World Bank funded conservation project for southern end of forests -$1 million fund.

Labundo

Field camp

North Buton Camp

North Buton Camp

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Week 1 schedule and Wallacea wildlife course

Wallacea Forest ecology lectures

Biodiversity and endemism in Wallaceaforests (Alfred Russel Wallace, why the Wallacea region has unique species)

Wallacea birds and survey techniques (Wallacea endemic species, survey techniques),

Wallacea herpetofauna (snakes and lizards endemic to Wallacea region),

Sulawesi mammals (sympatric speciation of bats, macaque social structure, estimating anoa populations)

Conservation synthesis (REDD+ schemes, ethical product pricing schemes)

Week 1 – Jungle training and canopy access

Week 1 – Jungle training and canopy access

Week 1 – Habitat surveys

Week 1 Biodiversity research experience

Week 1 Biodiversity practicals - pitlines

Week 1 Biodiversity practicals - bird point counts

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Week 1 Biodiversity practicals - megafauna surveys

Week 1 Night time surveys - spotlight surveys

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Week 1 Night surveys - harp trapping for bats

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Week 1 – Night surveys – tarsier counts

Week 1 Schedule

TuesdayArrive Bau Bau /Kendari and transfer to Labundo/North Buton

WednesdayInitial briefings and then travel to field camps

Wednesday - Monday2 days jungle skills & Canopy Access;

2 days forest habitat surveys

2 days biodiversity monitoring

MondayTravel by boat from Ereke to Hoga or transfer by vehicle to Bau Bau

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Pantai Nirwana dive centre

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Accommodation Shared facilitiesBoat and shore snorkel/divesCommunal restaurant area

Pantai Nirwana Research programme

Hoga Island Research Centre

Wakatobi Marine National Park

Marine Science projects

Hoga Island Research Centre

Hoga Island Research Centre

Hoga Island Research Centre

Hoga Island Research Centre

Dive training – Open Water

Coral Reef Ecology course

Indo-Pacific Reef Ecology course

Coral reef ecosystem ( reef formation, why Indo Pacific reefs are so diverse)

Coral and algal species (growth forms and common species)

Mangrove and seagrass ecology (use of mangrove wood for fuel )

Ecologically important invertebrates (lobster fishery, sea cucumber fishery)

Identification of coral reef fish (main reef fish families)

Reef survey techniques (quadrats, transects, stereovideo)

Threats to reefs (climate change, fisheries, invasive species)

Marine Science projects

Stereo video surveys

Analysing stereo-video footage

Marine Science projects

Sustainable reef fishery management

Sustainable reef fishery management

Sustainable reef fishery management

Week 2 scheduleMonday/Tuesday

Transfer to PantaiNirwana or via boat from Pasawajo to Hoga

Tuesday to Sunday

Dive training , reef ecology course or combination

Monday

Travel back to Makassar and then to onward journey

Health and Safety

TrainingRisk assessmentsMedical coverCommunicationsEmergency evacuation plansBS8848Auditing Medical statistics

**Due to the common ingredients in Indonesian cooking please report any nut or soya allergies to us asap.

Links to Exams, Course Work, and University Entry

Relevant practicals and lectures for IB, AP , A level or HighersIB – extended essay, CAS, PSOWStand alone extended project EPQ UK universities – University Award or CoPEUS universities – course creditUniversity applications and interviews

Example research questions for IB, or EPQ

Why are species in the Wallacea region so different to surrounding areas?

How can the REDD + scheme be used to conserve forests?

Why are fig trees so important for the forest fauna?

What differences are there between using mist nets and harp traps for sampling bats?

Describe the human wildlife conflict with macaques and how these can be mitigated

What did Alfred Russel Wallace contribute to biology?

Fundraising support

£???? expedition costs includinginternational flights and in-country travel

Questions?

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