In 2018 LEAP will run another SERT expedition to Indonesia
It's a pleasure to confirm that we will lead another SERT research trip for Bournemouth University students to Indonesia in July 2018....
Sumatran elephant research project
Our work on the critically endangered Sumatran elephant is starting to take off now with Gaius and Dr Abdullah's students from Syiah...
Ewan Hitchcoe: Indonesia trip 2016
The first part of the trip was based at the Ketambe Forest research centre, located in Aceh province. The forest here is part of the...
Nicola Collins: Ketambe
The first portion of our trip to Indonesia was spent in Ketambe, located on the border to the Gunung Leuser National park. Whilst in...
Jack Olley: Indonesia trip 2016
14th June- Arrival in Ketambe Arriving in Ketambe was a delightful reminder of what we came to Sumatra for. We had a very successful...
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...
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...
