As I’m finding out, there are many projects run by ZSL in Sumatra.  It’s only since being here that I understand the scale of the work done by ZSL for Sumatran tiger conservation.  It is a 21st Century operation happening out here. This is only one of the countries where ZSL work and the [...]

  Camera traps are one the methods that conservationists are able to find out  which animals live in the areas they study.  They are used globally and are an important survey and monitoring tool, they have even provided some of the first sightings some animals for example the first capture on film of the sundaland  [...]

  I was told no swimming in any count several times before I got to the park.  Apparently there are crocodiles here.  I was pretty unconcerned and looking out over the river at dusk after a sweaty day in the jungle going for a swim is very tempting. I’ve swam in the Amazon with lots [...]

  The ZSL field team working in Berbak Nation Park have a lot to do including surveying and monitoring the wildlife in the park.  One of the best ways to monitor wildlife is to set up camera traps and leave them for several weeks to take pictures of the wildlife that passes by. To make [...]

The ZSL tiger conservation field team spend up to three or four weeks in Berbak National Park at a time, working every day from sun-up at five in the morning until five in the afternoon when it’s time to set up for the night before it gets dark. To accommodate the field team and their [...]

  Travelling by boat is the easiest way to get around Berbak National Park.  The ZSL field base is at a cross of two rivers as is ideally situated at the middle of the park. The jungle very dense and the team often have to walk miles through the jungle to perform their work.  Today [...]