WHO ARE WE?  HOW TO ROSE PROJECT?

 

In daily life we working with tourism and graphics. We love to travel, and we love Sumatra,where we are living. We are kind of "forest people" interested in nature and ecology.

During the exploration of Sumatra had the opportunity to see many rare and endangered species of animals and plants. We did hear a lot about the Titan Arum, but it was not given to us to see them. At the beginning of 2014 years we have set ourselves the task of finding Amorphophallus Titanum. We began to read, to learn about the plant, ask the people. It seemed that the flower can meet only in the south of Sumatra in Kerinci National Park.

In the end, the end of February, after hundreds of kilometers traveled, visited dozens of villages found Titanum. Not a flower, but the stem, somewhere in the tiny village in the region of West Sumatra Palembayan. This is what we saw: almost 1.5 meters by the stem and dozens of plump, giant plants fascinated and charmed us.

Since then, the visit Palembayan and around regularly. Made friends with the locals and most importantly, we discovered paradise on earth. Since then, we've seen a lot of flowers but each new delights us as much as the first time. 

 

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WHAT IS THE "SAVE TITAN ARUM PROJECT"

 

LOCATION:

SILUNGKANG VILLAGE, PALEMBAYAN REGION, WEST SUMATRA                         area within a radius of approx. 3 km around the village.

 

RESEARCH ACTIVITY:

 TITAN ARUM, AMORPHOPHALLUS TITANUM

 

TASKS:

-MONITORING AND RECORDING  FLOWERING OF TITAN ARUM,

-DESIGNATION THE SIZE OF POPULATION AND PRESENCE WITHIN PLANTS

-KNOW AND PREVENTION  DIRECT AND INDIRECT THREATS

-DISTRIBUTION OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT TITAN ARUM AND ECOLOGY

 

OBJECTIVE:

-INVOLVEMENT THE LOCAL COMMUNITY  IN PROCES OF PROTECTING PLANTS, AND OTHER ENDANGERED SPECIES

-THROUGH TOURISM NOTICE  THE VALUE AND UNIQUENESS OF SUMATRAN NATURE

-PROFITS FROM TURISM  GO DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE, GIVING THEM ADDITIONAL SOURCE OF INCOME AND MOTIVATION FOR ACTION TO PROTECT.

- CHANGE THE HABITS AND APPROACHES OF LOKAL POPULATION TO ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

- GROUNDED KNOWLEDGE AND BUILDING NEW STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS

 

ACHIEVEMENTS:

-CREATION OF "guards" TEAM, WHO IN THEIR FREE TINE MONITORS  AREA AND INFORMING ABOUT EVERY FOUND BLOOMING FLOWER OR FOR CASES OF DESTRUCTION OF THEM

-WITHIN ONE YEAR REGISTRATION DOZENS CASES OF  FLOWERING

-FINDING THE FEW  NEW SITE OF TITAN ARUM IN  WEST SUMATRA

- BY INITIATIVEONE  ONE OF THE RESIDENTS OF SILUNGKANG,  CREATION IN THE AREA AROUND 4 ARES POSITION TO OBSERVATION TITAN ARUM.

THE OWNER RESIGNED FROM CROP HER LAND AND ALLOCATED IT TO "NATURAL GARDEN AMORPHOPHALLUS TITANUM" - FIRST PRIVATE RESERVE CREATED  BY LOCAL INITIATIVES. AT LAND IS AROUND 25 ADULT PLANT (INCLUDING 2 FLOURISHING/ MARCH 2015 /DATE OF CREATION DATE OF THIS NOTE/ AND MOREOVER MANY SMALL PLANT.