Category Archives: Conservation

Stories or ideas relating to nature conservation issues.

The second part of our adventure starts.

After six years we are finally back in Samboja Lestari to work for the Orangutans and sunbears.

Mussel fishing in our village

There actually are mussels living in the streams around our village in Germany! Today we joined in to relocate some of them to a new but more natural river that is being created.

Trash the world

Will the world drown in our trash?

Wolken über Bialowieza

Ein kleines Gedicht über den wunderbaren Wald von Bialowieza

Barking Beatles in the forest

One of the main tasks for us here is to monitor the spread of the dreaded spruce bark beetle. Here are some more details.

Into Europe’s Wilderness

We've started our next adventure in one of the few wild places left in Europe, hoping to do our share to preserve it.

On our knees for the bees

We're trying to get involved with local hands-on conservation work

The diving project in Raja Ampat

As our stay on the island of Arborek will be coming to an end in a few days it's a good time to look back and reflect.

Give us a machete and we chop it all down

Some more information about the work of the volunteers here at Samboja Lestari: Ginger leaf cutting and bamboo chopping.

What are we doing to these animals?

At Samboja Lestari we are working with orangutans and sun bears, that are kept here because they need help after humans had caused them harm in various ways.

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