The main goal of CDOCs is to develop a successful working model on how to apply information and communication technologies on rainforest and orangutan conservation as well as environment education for local communities living adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park, a UNESCO Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra. GLNP is one of the richest tropical rainforests in Indonesia inscribed as the world heritage together with Kerinci Seblat National Park and Bukit Barisan National Park. It lies in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam and North Sumatera Provinces covering 1.094.692 hectares. Tangkahan and Bukit Lawang Ecotourism Areas exploit the beauty of nature as well as flora and fauna diversity as to enjoying and learning media for the coming visitors. Recently, ecotourism development in these area is needed as to promote to the conservation efforts for the sustainability of the GLNP.

CDOC – MoU Signing:

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The CDOC aims to:

• Increase both ecotourism guide and local community capacity to develop ecotourism through IT media.
• Be the local hub for IT training activities and online publications for GLNP community groups around Bukit Lawang and Tangkahan.
• Be a conservation information centre together with the community groups to promote awareness of the importance of GLNP, conservation and ecoutourism.

Each CDOC is an environmental and information technology learning facility for locals, and visitors alike, to engage in local conservation issues and promote awareness. Facilities and services include:

• Free computer, Internet training and ongoing support to the local community and Eco Tourism Guides.
• Donation based Internet services for visitors.
• Community Library and information resources.
• A Mobile Awareness Unit Library with Internet facilities, which will travel to some villages bordering the GLNP area.
• Website support for local Institute.

Please feel free to contact and meet our CDOC staff in Bukit Lawang and Tangkahan if you need to obtain our CDOC services.

CDOC – Tangkahan:

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CDOC – Bukit Lawang:

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Creating a sense of pride in the area of Gunung Leuser National Park as local wealth and heritage of the world is an important aspect to form a local support. How to build the involvement of all parties especially the local communities to jointly contribute to protecting and preserving the area of TNGL is a must and pride is what underlies the birth of awareness of the importance of protecting and maintaining the area Gunung Leuser National Park (TNGL) as a buffer system of human life.

Pride Campaign is an effort to create such pride in building support for the interests of all parties and a conservation constituency for the area of Gunung Leuser National Park which is an important habitat for many important species such as Sumatran orangutans, elephants, tigers and other protected species. Pride campaign conducted by Yayasan Orangutan Sumatran Lestari- Orangutan Information Center (YOSL-OIC) with support from the RARE and in cooperation with the Gunung Leuser National Park Central Office (BBTNGL).

Starting from the meeting of stakeholders in the Besitang region of Gunung Leuser National Park, which was held in February 2009 and attended by all components, from the Central Office of TNGL, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO’s), district governance, village governance, community leaders, representatives of community groups (KSM ), has produced a systematic mapping problem. There are six threats that affect the sustainability of the TNGL forest area currently and in the future. Departure from the six issues, the threat of encroachment is a threat and issues that will try to answer by all components through Proud Campaign (Pride Campaign).

Theory of Change (TOC)

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The theory of change is the tools used to plan, develop the capacity, evaluate, and analyze campaign results. Descriptive help understand the changes (social or environmental) is expected to occur and strategies to encourage these changes. In short the theory of change developed in this proud campaign is: To reduce encroachment of forest areas and forest areas to maintain the Gunung Leuser National Park Region VI SPTN Besitang in the eastern part of Gunung Leuser National Park, a UNESCO assessment as World Heritage Site and one habitat important for Sumatran Orangutan, agro forestry systems are less expensive and will be introduced permanently. Local farmers will be informed about the importance of a home TNGL last for primate species that are threatened with extinction, the benefits of environmental services and benefits of adopting TNGL agro forestry systems. This new technique will offer higher incomes and more sustainable for them and at the same time maintaining They also will be introduced to the concept of agro forestry systems, receive training and technical assistance to use the techniques and ultimately adopt and practice new techniques. System of alternative livelihoods will also be introduced. During the first year of an expected 30% adoption of techniques by the local farming community village one target of the 4 target villages. Pride Campaign in Besitang forest areas will see success if encroachment is reduced and the population of Sumatran orangutans survive “.

Strategies to reduce the threat of conservation (Barrier Removal)

To make a change will require an alternative for people not to engage in clearing activities will be the future. Poly-culture agro forestry pattern recognition will be introduced through the development of agro forestry as a demplot place for farmer groups to learn about the implementation and benefits of agro forestry. Strategy is expected to provide benefits to the community in order to optimize the function and use of their land beyond the Gunung Leuser National Park (TNGL) forest. With increasing technical knowledge to apply agro forestry and community know the benefits, is expected to reduce the need for agricultural land/plantation, and the pressure and the threat of TNGL forest clearance will be reduced in the future.

Mobilize the community audiences with Social Marketing Approach.

Pride Campaign in communities around Gunung Leuser National Park (TNGL) Besitang region will be implemented with the social marketing approach. Creating a sense of pride and build a conservation constituency not only provides information to the people, because knowledge alone will not be enough to make social change. In this social marketing practice can act to influence the target groups to voluntarily accept, reject, shed or change an attitude and behavior for the progress of individuals, groups and entire communities. Of course, social marketing can play an important role for analyzing the behavior based on values that apply, selecting target groups and behaviors that need to be changed and “sell” the idea of change to support and become an important part of rain forest conservation of Gunung Leuser National Park in Besitang region, North Sumatra in particular.

Increasing public knowledge, building support for a positive attitude, and participation of all community, governments, conservation organizations, both nodes of local groups will be given a new face in the conservation of Gunung Leuser National Park in Beistang region. For the Pride Campaign is designed as an attempt to build unity and enhance the strength of local support, raise the participation of all components to give the best of each potential in each group. And in the end all of the elements can tell “One Heart to Protect Leuser”.

Statement of Need

There is an urgent need for conservation action in order to retain viable wild populations of orangutans. Once widespread throughout the forests of Southeast Asia, they are now confined to two islands in Indonesia and Malaysia, where two genetically distinct species exist: the Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) and the Bornean orangutan (P. pygmaeus). Between 1950-2000, 40% of Indonesia’s forests were cleared, reducing ground cover to 98 million hectares (FWI/GFW, 2002). Forest cover in Sumatra was reduced by 61% from 1985-1997 due to logging, infrastructure development, internal migration, and plantation development (McConkey, 2005), and there are now less than 900,000 hectares of orangutan habitat left standing on the island, restricted to the northernmost provinces of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam and North Sumatra (Singleton et al., 2004). Habitat loss has not been restricted to private land, as vast tracts of the Gunung Leuser National Park, part of the UNESCO “Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra” World Heritage Site, which is also located within the Leuser Ecosystem (considered the last stronghold of the Sumatran orangutan), have also been degraded or converted and lost to plantation agriculture. Populations have declined from an estimated 12,770 in 1994, to an estimated 6,624 in 2008, with the downward trend continuing to this day (Singleton et al., 2004; Wich et al., 2008). Thus the Sumatran orangutan is now classified as Critically Endangered and listed as one of the top 25 most endangered primates in the world (IUCN, 2008).

Introduction

Experts in the field of orangutan conservation agree that the conversion of high conservation value forests to monoculture oil palm plantations is now the most urgent threat to the orangutans’ continued existence in the wild (Buckland, 2005; Nellemann et al., 2007). As land is cleared for development, this can cause wildlife, including orangutans, to be forced into sparse forest fragments with poor resource availability and low carrying capacity (Nellemann et al, 2007), and/or crossing through or becoming isolated on lands developed by humans, which can result in crop-raiding or unintentional crop damage. Perceived as a threat to both the community and profits, these endangered and protected species, flagships for the conservation of rainforests, are considered as pests and are killed or captured and sold into the pet trade (Brown and Jacobson, 2005; Nijman, 2005; Shepherd et al., 2005).

Thus it was the goal of the Orangutan Information Centre (OIC) to initiate the Plantation Roadshows Human-Wildlife Conflict Mitigation Programme to enhance the engagement of local communities in conservation activities in orangutan habitat areas and stimulate community-led solutions to human-orangutan conflict issues. The acceleration of further plantation development has dramatically increased incidents of direct conflict between humans and orangutans (Yuwono et al, 2007, Husson et al, 2002), resulting in substantial economic losses in areas bordering protected areas (Hill 1997, Naughton-Treves et al, 1998). However the assumption often made by farmers: that orangutans enter plantations in order to raid crops for food, is a misconception, as in actuality it is more likely that due to decreased habitat availability the animals are often obliged to cross through these lands to move between isolated forest fragments.

Executive Summary

The roadshow programme took place in 18 villages adjacent to orangutan habitat located in the Langkat and Pak-Pak Barat districts of the North Sumatra province of the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. This involved a series of screenings of targeted conservation films focusing on the orangutan and the destruction of its habitat, with the screening and distribution of a specialised conflict mitigation training film for orangutan encounters in plantations. Active and passive techniques to mitigate conflict were also introduced and demonstrated, so that local people better understand the issues and are able to implement the techniques which are safe for both orangutans and people. The roadshow was also accompanied by interactive focus group discussions, the collection of data regarding local communities’ attitudes towards conservation and their environment through questionnaires and semi-structured interviews, and complementary outreach activities such as educational exhibitions.

In total 1,694 people participated in the programme, with over 2,500 reached through general education and awareness efforts and materials distributed. It is apparent that those involved in the training were better prepared to coexist with their animal neighbours, through an improved perception of orangutans and also an increased ability to deal with any problems in a humane, nonlethal manner. Also through the more generalized environmental educational aspect of the initiative, they gained better knowledge and awareness about the importance of protecting orangutans and their forest homes.

Read full report by downloading the Oil-Palm Plantation Roadshows Performance Report Final in PDF Version.

However, previous to this programme there was very little educational value to the Bukit Lawang (BL) experience, with tourist guides not holding much information themselves on the orangutans and their forest homes. Thus the OIC has initiated a series of training sessions that serve to disseminate and instill effective and ethical interpretive guiding to members of HPI, the local guide association, which administers operating licenses for both Bukit Lawang and the Tangkahan area (a nearby site which also borders the Gunung Leuser National Park, most well-known for hosting an ex-captive Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatrensis) population used in forest trekking and tourism, as well as Gunung Leuser National Park (GLNP) rangers, whom all visitors both foreign and domestic must have accompany them in order to enter the forest.

The training programme itself consists of four modules, covering various issues including:

1. 1. Ecotourism;
2. 2. Conservation Education Training;
3. 3. Search and Rescue / First Aid;
4. 4. Publication and Documentation.

This, along with subsequent improved enforcement of national park guidelines will help ensure the health and safety of the orangutans and other wildlife in the park (as well as the visitors themselves), whilst adding to local community knowledge through the capacity building nature of the training. Thereafter they will be better able to serve the tourism industry, resulting in visitors becoming more informed themselves on the orangutan conservation situation, as well as that of rainforests in general.

Without these crucial factors of maintaining responsible visitor/guide behaviour in the forest, as well as imparting education onto those visitors, the site loses any resemblance to an ecotourism destination and instead becomes a wildlife tourism centred operation. Such tourism is not sustainable for wildlife, the GLNP, nor the local community and their livelihoods; thus it is paramount that programmes such as this take place and the region brought up to standard with other great ape ecotourism sites.

For complete information about Gunung Leuser Ecotourism Development Programme: Progress Report 1, please download the report on PDF file.

Tahun 2007 yang lalu tepatnya di Desa Halaban, di Dusun Wonosari terbentuklah sebuah kelompok masyarakat (KSM) yang diberi nama Kelompok Tani Pencinta TNGL, namun seiring waktu berjalan akhirnya kelompok masyarakat ini diberi nama baru pada komunitasnya, nama tersebut adalah Kelompok Tani Pelindung Leuser yang disingkat dengan KETAPEL.

Sejak tahun 2008 kelompok ini telah memulai kegiatannya, dengan produksi bibit sebanyak 97.700 bibit dengan jenis yang beragam antara lain; tanaman Sungkai (Peronema canescens), Salam (Syzygium polyanthum), Pulai (Alstonia scolaris), Jengkol (Archidendron pauciflorum), Cempedak (Artocarpus champedan), Durian (Durio zibethinus), Bira-bira (Dillinea excelsa) dan Kayu Lanang (Oroxylum indicum). Untuk keberlanjutan program berikutnya akan di upayakan pohon yang pernah tumbuh di kawasan TNGL tersebut, namun harus ada kajian ekologis kawasan terlebih dahulu, bibit yang nantinya akan diupayakan dan telah direkomendasikan oleh pihak Balai Besar Taman Nasional, Seksi Pengelolaan Taman Nasional wilayah VI Besitang adalah Bayur (Pterospermum javanicum), Beringin (Ficus benjamina L), Damar (Agathis spp) dan Petai (Parkia speciosa).

Terhitung sejak bulan Maret 2008, kegiatan penanaman sudah mulai dilaksanakan, hingga saat ini jumlah tanaman yang sudah di tanam di Resort Sei Betung berjumlah 92.076 bibit (bekas lahan kelapa sawit yang di serobot oleh PT. Putri Hijau dan PT. Rapala, dengan estimasi kerusakan mencapai 500 Ha), dengan luasan yang sudah ditanam 74,6 Ha. Setelah melakukan penanaman, maka perawatan dilakukan dengan melakukan pembersihan gulma pada daerah sekitar lubang penanaman bibit. Dan bila ada ditemukan bibit yang mati maka akan dilakukan penyulaman. Perawatan tanaman diserahkan sepenuhnya kepada KETAPEL dan hingga saat ini perawatan dilokasi penanaman telah dilakukan sebanyak 43 Ha. Hal ini berdampak positif pada masyarakat, dimana biasanya kegiatan rehabilitasi kawasan sangat jarang melibatkan masyarakat dalam aplikasinya, Adanya peran serta masyarakat dalam pelaksanaan program, meningkatkan pengetahuan melalui diskusi kelompok, curah pendapat, penyuluhan lingkungan dan penyadaran melalui media film yang mudah diserap masyarakat. Peningkatan pengetahuan itu juga di dapat oleh anak-anak yang ada di dusun tersebut. Memasyarakatkan kegiatan konservasi bukan hal yang mudah namun harus di laksanakan sejak dini, ini merupakan proses yang berdampak positif bagi masyarakat.

Tanggal 02 November 2008 yang lalu akhirnya kelompok ini mengadakan kegiatan penguatan keberadaan organisasi mereka dengan kegiatan pengukuhan. Adapun kegiatan pengukuhan ini dihadiri oleh Kepala Bidang Taman Nasional Wilayah III Stabat, Pemerintahan setempat (Kepala Desa), LMD, Remaja Mesjid serta Orangutan Information Centre (OIC) selaku lembaga swadaya yang mendampingi masyarakat dan kelompok dalam program rehabilitasi kawasan TNGL sejak tahun 2007. Pengukuhan ini berjalan lancar, sederhana dan penuh khidmad. Dalam kata sambutannya pihak BBTNGL merasa senang sekali dengan terbentuknya KETAPEL di dalam masyarakat yang peduli terhadap TNGL, karena dengan terbentuknya kelompok masyarakat yang peduli akan sangat membantu sekali program pemerintah dalam melestarikan hutan konservasi yang telah ditatapkan sejak tahun 1997 silam oleh mentri kehutanan, terbentuknya KETAPEL adalah wujud dari saling berbagi tanggung jawab semua pihak dalam melestarikan kawasan TNGL

Di acara tersebut juga masyarakat yang tergabung dalam KETAPEL mengutarakan pernyataan sikap mereka yang disaksikan oleh semua undangan yang hadir adapun isi pernyataan sikap tersebut antara lain:

1. Kami Kelompok Tani Pelindung Leuser, menentang dan mengecam segala bentuk kegiatan yang dapat mengancam dan merusak kawasan ekosistem taman nasional gunung leuser.
2. Kami Kelompok Tani Pelindung Leuser, adalah petani-petani yang peduli, siap melindungi dan menjaga kawasan ekosistem taman nasional gunung leuser agar tetap lestari
3. Kami Kelompok Tani Pelindung Leuser, siap membantu program-program pemerintah dalam usaha menghutankan kembali kawasan taman nasional gunung leuser yang telah rusak, akibat aktivitas illegal dan siap membantu menjaga kawasan taman nasional gunung leuser untuk tetap lestari.

Harapan kedepan TNGL yang telah ditetapkan sebagai Tropical rain forest heritage of Sumatera oleh UNESCO akan tetap terjaga untuk anak cucu. Penetapan ini di latar belakangi oleh pentingnya eksistensi TNGL sebagai bagian penting dari kesatuan ekosistem dunia.

The film is an instructional film which summarises the key guidelines that must be respected by visitors and guides in order to reduce any negative effects on orangutans’ natural behaviour and also prevent disease transmission between orangutan and humans as well as vice versa.

This film is a visual version of Sumatran Orangutan Health Protocols & Guidelines for Visitors of Bukit Lawang Eco-tourism Site.

Sebuah film tentang panduan pengunjung ke Taman Nasional Gunung Leuser (TNGL) telah diproduksi oleh OIC bekerjasama dengan Source of Indonesia (SoI). Film yang berdurasi 15 menit ini bisa diakses online di youtube atau di arsip video OIC. Film ini akan diputar bagi semua pengunjung yang akan menuju tempat pemberian makan orangutan di Bukit Lawang atau pengunjung yang akan melakukan trekking di kawasan TNGL.

Film ini merupakan sebuah film instruksional yang menyimpulkan aturan-aturan penting yang harus dipatuhi oleh pengunjung dan para pramuwisata sebagai upaya untuk mengurangi dampak negatif yang berpengaruh pada perilaku orangutan dan juga untuk mencegah penularan penyakit dari orangutan ke manusia dan juga sebaliknya.

PS: This video is available in two parts but we still have some difficulty to uploaded the second part to youtube. We will add the second part as soon as possible and after the second part is available, we will update this post and remove the “PS” note

Kegiatan ini merupakan kegiatan rutin dari Medan International School untuk memperkenalkan kesenian dan kebudayaan yang dimiliki oleh Indonesia kepada para siswa, dimana sebagian besar dari mereka adalah warga negara asing yang orangtuanya sedang bekerja di Sumatera Utara dan Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam.

Selain memamerkan berbagai bentuk publikasi infromasi, OIC juga membagikan buku-buku orangutan, newsletter dan selebaran tentang orangutan secara gratis kepada setiap pengunjung stand pameran. Tidak lupa juga OIC memberikan pelatihan kepada siswa-siswi MIS yang tertarik untuk membuat tas belanja dari bahan kertas koran atau tabloid bekas. Pada kesempatan ini, antusiasme siswa-siswi MIS sangat baik, dimana hampir semua dari mereka berhasil membuat tas belanja dari bahan kertas koran atau tabloid bekas tersebut.

Selain OIC ada juga lembaga lingkungan hidup yang diundang oleh pihak MIS, yaitu YEL (Yayasan Ekosistem Lestari) dan Yagasu (Yayasan Gajah Sumatera).

Pameran IndoFest ini juga menampilkan berbagai kerajinan tangan khas Sumatera Utara oleh para pengrajin skala mikro  yang ada di sekitar Medan, seperti kerajinan dari rotan, eceng gondok, dan ulos. Pada sesi penutupan rangkaian festival yang diselenggarakan setiap tahun ini, siswa-siswi MIS menampilkan kebolehannya menari tarian tradisional Indonesia.

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Program School Climate Challenge merupakan kompetisi yang bertujuan mendorong para guru dan siswa sekolah menengah di seluruh Indonesia untuk menggagas suatu project yang inovatif, kreatif, dan berkesinambungan, terutama berkontribusi terhadap solusi perubahan iklim dan memiliki manfaat ekonomi baik bagi sekolah maupun komunitas.

Kegiatan workshop dan sosialisasi Program School Climate Challenge ini telah dilaksanakan pada :

Hari/Tanggal : Rabu/18 Februari 2009
Waktu : Pukul 09.00 WIB – 16.00 WIB
Tempat : Aula T. Amir Hamzah
Kantor Dinas Pendidikan Propinsi Sumatera Utara
Jl. T. Cik Dik Tiro No. 1D Medan

Pihak yang terlibat dalam pelaksanaan workshop dan sosialisasi Program School Climate Challenge ini, yaitu :

• OIC (Orangutan Information Centre)
• FK3LI (Forum Komunikasi Kader Konservasi Lingkungan Indonesia)
• Dinas Pendidikan Propinsi Sumatera Utara

Bentuk kegiatan yang dilakukan selama kegiatan workshop dan sosialisasi Program School Climate Challenge ini, yaitu :

1. Penyampaian materi tentang “Memahami Potensi Dunia Pendidikan dan Lingkungan Sekolah dalam Menghadapi Dampak Pemanasan Global dan Perubahan Iklim”
2. Diskusi interaktif seputar materi yang disampaikan dan penyampaian program pendidikan lingkungan yang telah dilakukan di sekolah
3. Sosialisasi Program School Climate Challenge
4. Panduan pengisian formulir dan pembuatan proposal project Program School Climate Challenge

Kegiatan workshop dan sosialisasi Program School Climate Challenge ini dibuka oleh Staf Dinas Pendidikan Propinsi Sumatera Utara dengan menyampaikan pidato sambutan Kepala Dinas Propinsi Sumatera Utara. Dimana dalam pidato sambutan tersebut Kepala Dinas Pendidikan Propinsi Sumatera Utara menyampaikan harapan agar melalui kegiatan ini dapat mendorong guru dan siswa untuk peduli dan melestarikan lingkungan melalui lingkup yang terdekat yaitu lingkungan sekolah masing-masing.

Kegiatan workshop dan sosialisasi Program School Climate Challenge ini diikuti oleh perwakilan guru dan siswa yang berasal dari Kota Medan, Kabupaten Deli Serdang, dan Kabupaten Langkat. Peserta yang hadir dalam kegiatan tersebut sebanyak 35 sekolah dengan jumlah total peserta 117 orang.

Oleh karena itu Orangutan Information Centre (OIC) membangun sebuah wadah sebagai sarana pendukung kegiatan tersebut, khusunya pembibitan dan perbanyakan tanaman sebagai pusat pelatihan konservasi alam dan lingkungan hidup yang mencakup pelatihan pembibitan, pelatihan daur ulang kertas dan barang bekas serta pelatihan pembuatan kompos.

Diatas lahan seluas 2000 meter persegi yang berlokasi di Lingkungan V Jl. Andayani Kelurahan Delitua Timur Kecamatan Deli Tua Kabupaten Deli Serdang Propinsi Sumatera Utara, Indonesia, sekarang sedang dibangun fasilitas sederhana yang menunjang kegiatan konservasi alam dan lingkungan hidup. Sudah tersedianya sebuah gubuk/saung pembibitan dengan luas 50 meter persegi di kebun pembibitan dan pelatihan OIC ini. Program ini berjutuan untuk memproduksi bibit tanaman secara berkelanjutan dan menunjang kegiatan pelatihan-pelatihan konservasi, baik untuk siswa, mahasiswa, guru dan masyarakat umum tentunya.

Jenis tanaman yang dibudidayakan antara lain: Bibit Sungkai (Peronema canescens), Ingul (Tona sinensis), Mahoni (Swietenia mahagoni Jacq), Durian (Durio zibethinus), Petai (Parkia speciosa). Pokat (Persea Americana), Krepayung (Filicium desipiens), Meranti (Shorea sp), Tanjung (Mimusops elengi), Petai (Parkia speciosa), Coklat (Theobroma cacao), Manggis (Garcinia mangostana), Aren (Arenga pinnata), Matau dan Glodokan, serta bibit-bibit tanaman lainnya. Saat ini telah tersedia lebih dari 25.000 bibit tanaman di kebun pembibitan tersebut dengan rencana produksi hingga 1000.000 pohon yang akan dijual (one stop shopping plants) dan sebagian lagi disumbangkan untuk kegiatan penghijauan dan reboisasi lahan.

Sementara itu rencana pengembangan berikutnya diupayakan tersedianya demplot tanaman obat, demplot kompos, damplot daur ulang kertas dan perpustakaan mini untuk pelajar, mahasiswa dan masyarakat umum berisikan buku cerita anak, buku tentang lingkungan dan tanaman serta buku mengenai satwa yang dilindungi. Kemudian dilokasi tersebut juga diupayakan sebagai tempat atau wadah pertemuan dan diskusi kepada pihak-pihak pemerhati lingkungan dan kelompok mahasiswa, siswa pencinta alam sebagai tempat bercerita, curah pendapat dan berbagi pengalaman dan ilmu di lokasi tersebut.

OIC sebagai fasilitator kegiatan berusaha mencari permasalahan inti dari kerusakan TNGL yang telah lama terjadi. Semua peserta kegiatan diarahkan fasilitator dengan bentuk kegiatan atraktif yang tidak sekedar diskusi sehingga menampilkan ‘pohon permasalahan’ yang merupakan pengamatan lapangan dan pandangan berbagai pihak lokal.

Hasilnya didapat tiga cakupan permasalahan di TNGL wilayah Besitang yaitu hutan TNGL, orangutan serta satwa liar dan keanekaragaman hayati. Permasalahan tersebut diakibatkan dari beberapa kenyataan lapangan antara lain pencurian plasma nutfah, illegal logging, perambahan hutan, pendudukkan/penguasaan lahan oleh pengungsi asal Aceh, kebakaran hutan dan perburuan satwa. Begitu kompleks yang mempengaruhi permasalahan di atas sehingga pride campaign berusaha mengurangi permasalahan dengan kegiatan yang bertahap akan dilaksanakan di wilayah Besitang.