Indonesia Operation Wallacea

1. Indonesia

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

3. 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

4. Opportunity for worldwide comparative studies
Cuba

5. 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

8. Team Members
Principal Researchers
Assistant Researchers
Visiting Academics
Dissertation Students
Research Assistants
General Surveyors
Operations Staff
Medical Staff

9. Indonesia: Buton Island and the Wakatobi

12. Deforestation in southern Buton Island

13. Threats to the forest – hunting and selective logging

14. 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.

16. Labundo

17. Field camp

18. North Buton Camp

19. North Buton Camp

20. .
Week 1 schedule and Wallacea wildlife course

21. Wallacea Forest ecology
lectures
Biodiversity and endemism in Wallacea
forests (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)

22. Week 1 – Jungle training and canopy access

23. Week 1 – Jungle training and canopy access

24. Week 1 – Habitat surveys

25. Week 1 Biodiversity research experience

26. Week 1 Biodiversity practicals - pitlines

27. Week 1 Biodiversity practicals - bird point counts

28. .
Week 1 Biodiversity practicals - megafauna surveys

29. Week 1 Night time surveys - spotlight surveys

30. .
Week 1 Night surveys - harp trapping for bats

31. .
Week 1 – Night surveys – tarsier counts

32. Week 1 Schedule
Tuesday
Arrive Bau Bau /Kendari and transfer
to Labundo/North Buton
Wednesday
Initial briefings and then travel to field
camps
Wednesday - Monday
2 days jungle skills & Canopy Access;
2 days forest habitat surveys
2 days biodiversity monitoring
Monday
Travel by boat from Ereke to Hoga or
transfer by vehicle to Bau Bau

34. •
Pantai Nirwana dive centre

35. •
Accommodation
Shared facilities
Boat and shore snorkel/dives
Communal restaurant area

36. Pantai Nirwana Research programme

38. Hoga Island Research Centre

39. Wakatobi Marine National Park

40. Marine Science projects

41. Hoga Island Research Centre

42. Hoga Island Research Centre

43. Hoga Island Research Centre

44. Hoga Island Research Centre

45. Dive training – Open Water

46. Coral Reef Ecology course

47. 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, stereo
video)
Threats to reefs (climate change, fisheries, invasive
species)

48. Marine Science projects

49. Stereo video surveys

51. Analysing stereo-video footage

52. Marine Science projects

53. Sustainable reef fishery management

54. Sustainable reef fishery management

55. Sustainable reef fishery management

56. Week 2 schedule
Monday/Tuesday
Transfer to Pantai
Nirwana 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

57. Health and Safety

58. Training
Risk assessments
Medical cover
Communications
Emergency evacuation plans
BS8848
Auditing
Medical statistics
**Due to the common ingredients in Indonesian cooking please report any nut
or soya allergies to us asap.

59. Links to Exams, Course Work, and University Entry
Relevant practicals and lectures for IB, AP , A level or Highers
IB – extended essay, CAS, PSOW
Stand alone extended project EPQ
UK universities – University Award or CoPE
US universities – course credit
University applications and interviews

60. 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?

61. Fundraising support

62. £???? expedition costs including
international flights and in-country travel

63. Questions?

64. Indonesia