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In North Sulawesi the existing program has to date focused on the construction of public facilities (such as roads, bridges, water supply facilities etc.) and to a lesser degree it also assists with health, education, micro-finance and productive livelihood activities. While such activities might improve the livelihoods of the local communities, and are expected to speed up the economic development of the area, environmental and conservation considerations have not been fully integrated. This is set to change with the piloting of a 'Green' level to KDP with WCS providing capacity building, education and awareness to support its implementation.]]> publication_sum.php?id=89 Factsheets After a five-hour trudge, to my relief, the macaques rest. I plop down on the forest floor, careful to place a large palm leaf between me and the dank earth where hoards of mites, ticks and scorpions roam. Dozens of furry bodies relax only a few feet away from me like so many Labradors after a day's hunt. Their pungent odor assaults my senses.]]> publication_sum.php?id=88 Popular Articles publication_sum.php?id=87 Scientific publication_sum.php?id=86 Popular Articles Isolated for eons between Asia and Australia, Sulawesi has a unique wildlife mix of Asiatic monkeys and pouched mammals such as the cuscus, as well as endemic species such as a dwarf buffalo called the anoa and the babirusa, a wild pig with tusks that emerge through the top of its snour The number of macque species is unrivaled anywhare else in Asia.
]]> publication_sum.php?id=85 Popular Articles publication_sum.php?id=84 Scientific Macaca nigra) gave loud calls was examined for 640 calls by males of 3 free ranging groups. Loud calls were scored ad libitum and classified into one of five behavioral contexts. Additional data were collected on the social context for 102 loud calls given during focal samples of six adult males of one social group. All adult males of M. nigra emit loud calls but dominant males call most frequently. Adult males give loud calls primarily during within group aggressive encounters in which the calling male is not involved. Contrary to previous reports, only a small proportion of loud calls result in directional group movements. We propose that the loud call of M. nigra functions primarily to signal the male’s willingness to intervene in aggressive intragroup interactions rather than in the maintenance of intergroup spacing.
]]> publication_sum.php?id=83 Scientific Ailurops ursinus, in the Tangkoko-Duasudara Nature Reserve, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Bear cuscuses spent 63.4% of their time resting, and feeding accounted for only 5.6% of their activity. Bear cuscuses fed on 31 species of plants, including 26 identified trees and lianas from 17 families and 5 unidentified mistletoes. Dietary preference was influenced by availability of young leaves, and bear cuscuses maximized the amount of young leaves in the diet.]]> publication_sum.php?id=82 Scientific Macaca.]]> publication_sum.php?id=81 Scientific Babirusa live mostly in lowland forests and along rivers and swamps. These tusked, nearly hairless pigs are routinely killed in traps and snares set by hunters who supply wild meat and tusks for the North Sulawesi markets and South Sulawesi trophy shops.]]> publication_sum.php?id=80 Popular Articles