George Ellis: Bukit Lawang & Tangkahan
21st – 22nd June – ‘The Gate to the Hills’ On the way we stopped in at Wanda’s house, one of the guides and an old friend of Emma. We...
George Ellis: Human-elephant conflict, meeting Rudi Putra & conserving the Leuser ecosystem
18th- 19th June- Back to Jaanga and off to Langsa The 18th was mainly spent travelling on a fairly bumpy coach drive, we stopped for...
George Ellis: The Journey to Indonesia & Ketambe Research Station
12th – 13th June – Many minutes to Medan We all met at 4pm in high spirits at Bournemouth coach station to board the National Express to...
ISLHE PhD studentships available on human evolution
For those who are quick there are two PhD studentships available as part of the Institute for studies in Landscape and Human Evolution...
Publication of An Introduction to Primate Conservation
An Introduction to Primate Conservation was published last week in the UK and Europe and was edited by LEAP leader Serge Wich features...
Research lecture at the University of North Sumatra (USU)
I am about to enter my fifth month in Sumatra and, in addition to the fieldwork in Sikundur, it is tremendously important to promote our...
Staff & students featured in local Indonesian news regarding human elephant conflict in Aceh, No
In June, our LEAP team led by Dr Amanda Korstjens, 10 UG and 1 PGT student and together with MRes student Emma Hankinson and PhD student...
Chris Marsh- LEAP Student Project Blog
After spending nearly 4 months conducting research in the lowland Sikundur site (conducting audio arrays and vegetation surveys), Emma...
Upriver and a yellow throated marten
Emma's blog 4: Following 3 successful areas of lowland dipterocarp forest being sampled, it was time to travel further up river to a new...
Deeper into the forest
Emma's field work blog 3: Following the first successful camping trip and our second vocal array survey, we ventured across the river...
