4th report - January 2015 - New land and the start
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4th report - January 2015 - New land and the start
4th report - January 2015 - New land and the start of construction! The Kukang Project has entered the new year actively. Here is a summary of the most important moments of January. New land In the first week of January we definitely agreed on conditions of the lease of our new land, on January 5th a contract was signed and so we can introduce you the land where our rescue and rehabilitation centre will soon be standing. The land is 0.5 ha large and is located in Bandar Bar in Sibolangit (approximately 40 km from Medan). It is covered with tall pines and is situated in quiet place under mountains, from where one can hear siamang voices almost every day. To become a nice rescue centre, the land needs a lot of work to be done on it. Fortunately, our first volunteers help us a lot. There were several of them coming this month. As the first of them Dan and Lenka came for a short time and a few days later Adela and Alena arrived. All of them help us a lot with the land preparation and we truly appreciate it. Thank you, our volunteers! New Kukang land – upper part Lucka and Lenka preparing place for a fence New Kukang land- lower part Dan and František preparing a hibiscus that will once constitute a hedge Start of construction Right after the contract of lease was signed, there was nothing to be waiting for and so we started our planned centre construction. The next day, i.e. January 6th, we payed deposit for the construction of clinic, which was then started on January 7th and supervised by Mr Jedno. The construction goes quickly and during the first two weeks of January the clinic for slow lorises should already be finished. Here are some photos from the work. Surveying of the clinic foundations Clinic construction Laying the first tile in the clinic Office construction To not waste time, we arranged a concurrent construction of a traditional Indonesian pondok. Its construction started on January 10th and is being under supervision of Mr Komar. The pondok will serve as a place for team members. Here are some more photos. Construction of concrete foundations Mr Komar in action Pondok walls made of topas Pondok terrace At the time when the clinic was getting its final appearance, we created a draft of a quarantine construction of which is planned to begin at the beginning of February. In the meantime, we will disclose just that the quarantine will be a single building containing 6 cages. You will find more detailed information in the next report. Cooperation with COP and BKSDA from Aceh province In the last report we told you about the animal market investigations in the city of Banda Aceh in Aceh province. At the beginning of January we also met a colleague from COP organization (Centre for Orangutan Protection), who gave us a lot of valuable information on local trade in wild animals. He also mentioned that in this province it is quite usual that slow lorises are confiscated but after that there is nowhere to place them. So far, we are in a phase of discussions but right after we finish our centre construction and gain all the required permissions, we will begin to deal with BKSDA Aceh about a possible cooperation. If all goes well, our activities will cover not only the North Sumatra province, but also the Aceh province, and that is really a huge part of Sumatra. It is for example covered by the Gunung Leuser National Park – one of the largest tropical ecosystems in the world. Meeting with a colleague from COP Green Desert screening, presentation of the Kukang Project and new T-shirts On January 31st a screening of the Green Desert (a documentary about palm oil issues) took place in Hlavice near Liberec (the movie is free to watch on http://www.greendesertmovie.com/). After that we gave lecture about the Kukang Project and for the first time the participants had an opportunity to purchase new original batik T-shirts with our project motifs. The event was initiated by photographer Denisa Mikešová who is also the author of the shirts. Many thanks belong to Denisa! Green Desert screening and a lecture on the Kukang Project New batik T-shirts In case you are interested, [email protected]. the you can order T-shirts Motif of our project on their author´s e-mail T-shirts are 100% cotton, made in the Czech Republic in S, M and L sizes and one universal (unisex) comfortable cut. Their price is 380 Kč for each and one half of this amount (190 Kč) goes to the Kukang Project (postage not included). The shirts are available till the stocks are sold out. Original batik T-shirts with motifs of our project In conclusion January was the month when our project found its home. We started the construction of rehabilitation and rescue centre on the new land and so far everything goes according to the plan. If it goes on like this, within several months there might be grand opening of the centre and we might begin to accept first slow lorises, to which we will try to return their freedom or at least dignified life conditions (in case of lorises with teeth plucked). The Kukang Project will become the first rescue centre for confiscated slow lorises in Sumatra. The absence of such centres is one of the major reasons why in Indonesia the laws on wildlife conservation are not being enforced and why the protected animal species are not being confiscated from black markets. We believe that by enabling an acceptance of confiscated slow lorises we will help reduce illegal trade in endangered and protected species of slow lorises and other animals, which will benefit from protected species conservation law enforcement as well. By this we want to minimalize physical and mental suffering of individuals in absolutely inadequate conditions of animal markets. František Příbrský The Kukang Project coordinator Field worker in Zoo Ostrava www.kukang.org Kukang account balance Account balance 31/12/2014 Incomes 31/12/2014 – 31/1/2015 Costs 31/12/2014 – 31/1/2015 Total sum 31/1/2015 251 137,8 169,150,1 000,20 000,3 000,35 330,35,62 469,64,31 534,28,10 086,97,5 791,91,16 856,50,- Zoo Ostrava Dalibor Válek Richard Viduna WELL PACK s.r.o. Szep Věroslav Lease of the land Clinic construction Pondok construction Quarantine - deposit Travel costs - Aceh Project costs 121 386,35,-