Eyes on Leuser is a conservation / media project which started in June 2011 and will continue until at least the end of 2012. The goal of the project is to create a video database of the exceptionally rich biodiversity of the Leuser ecosystem in Northern Sumatra, Indonesia.
Leusers variety of charismatic species is beyond comparison, but up until now not many videos exist of most of its enigmatic inhabitants. Because most animals of Leuser are rare, shy and/or nocturnal, the only way to get them on film is by using video trail cameras. Eyes on Leuser uses the latest models of HD cameras. During the project they will be moved to different locations so we'll cover a variety of distinctive types of habitat, from swamp forests near the coast to mountain alpine forest in the interior of the ecosystem.
The videos we collect have several purposes: they provide insight into species distribution and movement, they serve as powerful tool to support lobbyist activities and they are being utilized for all kinds of promotion, education and awareness campaigns.
Over time, the footage we collect will give an unprecedented view into one of the world's most exceptional and mystical forest areas, the Leuser Ecosystem.
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Eyes on Leuser is a project initiated by Dutch film maker Marten Slothouwer and is being conducted in cooperation with BPKEL.
Eyes on Leuser is funded by:
Prins Bernhard Fund For Nature
NVD Natuurbeschermingsfonds (NNBF) (Dutch zoo conservation fund)
HIVOS Linkis
Nederlandse Neushoorn Stichting
thanks to
Cinta Alam
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Cinta Alam
This is an amazing project, important to make public - thus archiving and hopefully raising awareness for - the preservation of species in their indigenous and relatively undisturbed? environment. HI am curious: how aware of you and the traps are they? how much interaction do they have with humans? Thanks.
ReplyDeleteAs you can see some animals look at the cameras and some just walk by. there's not much interaction with human, because not many people live in the area. I have never seen any of the animals seen in the videos, they are very shy.
ReplyDeletePrachtig blog schitterende video,s
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Regards Bert.
Schitterend om te zien dit. Ik heb 3 maanden in een kamp in Leuser gezeten voor onderzoek naar Orangs, vanuit de Universiteit Utrecht. Ik heb ook zelf een encounter gehad met een tijger, maar geen zwijnen, beren, olifanten of andere katachtigen gezien. Hoeveel camera's worden er in bomen gehangen? Een collega met cameratraps in orang-oetan nests had namelijk erg veel andere dieren op de camera.
ReplyDeletefantastic! a picture says a thousand words but video offers so much more! thanks for sharing and hopefully this will move more and more people to start a real action for conservation!
ReplyDeleteReally a great action! Could you also take videos of the poachers for prosecution? It seems to be that poaching is one of the main threads to this fantastic forest
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