Orangutan Land Trust (OLT)

Australian Orangutan Project (AOP)

Operating as an independent orangutan protection organisation, AOP exists to provide to provide technical and financial assistance directly to support conservation projects and orangutan rescue and rehabilitation centres.

www.orangutan.org.au/index.htm

Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program (SOCP)

RAW Africa Ecotours & Community Conservation in Northern Kenya

RAW Africa Ecotours is a Kenya-based ecotourism company committed to working with local communities in order to secure the future of wildlife and people in Northern Kenya. RAW Africa Ecotours has formed a strong partnership with the Melako and Il Ngwesi Community Conservancies to ensure that communities and wildlife benefit from local employment, capacity building, and enterprise development.

Mapala

MAPALA ( The Students of Nature Lovers ) is an organization which is formed by the Students Executive Board STIM SUKMA MEDAN. Supported by Raw Wildlife Encounters,  the objective of MAPALA is to encourage an understanding of the uniqueness of the Tangkahan region and how tourism can affect this natural environment. The intention was to form the MAPALA STIM SUKMA team with the goal of tackling environmental issues and connecting city students back to natural environments. Now this group is formed, MAPALA have been a critical group in forming the key conservation and community messages for the Litter Program that  Raw Wildlife Encounters manages in Tangkahan, North Sumatra Indonesia. Raw Wildlife Encounters financially funds this group to participate in skill developing exercises that are conservation based and community active.

STIM SUKMA

2. Develop the students so they have skills which include exceptional leadership, masters of science and technology, both nationally and internationally recognised.
3. Develop research programs which link creative community service programs towars the research objectives.
4. Create an atmosphere of interactive and communicative learning which is based on the excellent service the University provides.

Lembaga Pariwisata Tangkahan (LPT)

LPT is a community managed eco-tourism organisation that has developed activities which benefits the conservation of the Gunung  Leseur National Park and provides an alternative livelihood income. In 2001 this area within Tangkahan district was home to villages of illegal loggers which ceased operation thatyear. Now converted to custodians of the forest the LPT organisation was developed by the local community and now supports eco-tourism objectives. Raw Wildlife Encounters has a five-year contract with the local community LPT and supports them in their vision and mission of eco-tourism. Working together in partnership Raw Wildlife Encounters aims to support LPT to provide positive experiences for visitors and the local community, conserving community traditions, respecting the environment and cooperative strategies to provide alternative livelihood programs. Raw also financially supports and manages the Litter and Waste Program within Tangkahan through LPT organisation.

Melako Community Conservancy

Il Ngwesi Community Conservancy

The Il Ngwesi Community Conservancy was one of the first community-led initiatives in northern Kenya. Il Ngwesi means ‘People of Wildlife’. Before 1995, there were camel trek safaris in the area and some wildlife, but little economic activity for the local communities. Then, in 1995, the Il Ngwesi Eco Lodge was constructed. The Lodge brought significant income to theconservancy community, who were actively promoting conservation. The Il Ngwesi Community Conservancy is now a model for successful community conservation efforts in northern Kenya and across Africa. Il Ngwesi’s wildlife includes the black and white rhino, the rare African wild dog, herds of elephants, the waterbuck, and other antelope.

Il Ngwesi’s Vision: To integrate community development and sustainable use of the environment. Underlying this is the mission to improve livelihoods by the generation of income through eco-friendly activities in order to conserve wildlife and its habitat, uphold the Maasai culture and develop the local community.