Borneo Research Bulletin articles from January 1 2000

Borneo Research Bulletin archives from January 1 2000

After the conservation project: Danau Sentarum National Park and its vicinity--conditions and prospects (1).
January 1, 2000... Introduction The Danau Sentarum conservation project, initiated in 1992 with funding from the British Overseas Development Administration (ODA), (2) aimed to develop management guidelines for the wildlife reserve (now national park). The...

Declining orangutan populations in and around the Danau Sentarum National Park, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.
January 1, 2000... This paper presents the combined results of two separate orangutan survey efforts and an assessment of land cover change analysis in the Danau Sentarum National Park (DSNP), West Kalimantan, Indonesia. These studies show that the DSNP and...

Proboscis monkeys in Danau Sentarum National Park.
January 1, 2000... This paper describes the ecology of a population of proboscis monkeys at Danau Sentarum National Park (DSNP) in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. It draws primarily from the findings of a project to determine the conservation status of this...

Birds of the Danau Sentarum National Park.
January 1, 2000... S. (Bas) van Balen The Danau Sentarum National Park (DSNP) is a wetland conservation area of high priority (Scott, 1989; Giesen and Aglionby, 2000, this volume; Jeanes and Meijaard, 2000b, this volume). Under pressure of the present rapid...

A study of hunting and trade of freshwater turtles and tortoises (Order Chelonia) at Danau Sentarum.
January 1, 2000... A study of hunting and trade in the species of non-marine turtles and tortoises (Order Chelonia) indigenous to Danau Sentarum National Park (DSNP) was undertaken during the summer months of 1995. Research revealed that the trade targets three...

The crocodiles of Danau Sentarum, West Kalimantan.
January 1, 2000... Introduction Danau (=lake) Sentarum National Park (00[degrees]51'N 112[degrees]06'E), a Wetland of International Importance (under the Ramsar Convention), is located in the province of Kalimantan Barat (West Kalimantan), over 700 km...

The fishery of Danau Sentarum.(Danau Sentarum National Park)
January 1, 2000... Management of the Danau Sentarum National Park for ecosystem and species conservation must accommodate fishing activity by thousands of villagers living there. Fishery investigations helped determine how this might be accomplished. Fishing gear...

Traditional honey and wax collection with Apis dorsata in the upper Kapuas Lake region, West Kalimantan.
January 1, 2000... In 1996 the Danau Sentarum Wildlife Reserve was visited for the purpose of reconfirming the traditional honey and wax collection practices of Apis dorsata colonies by the local population. This so-called tikung practice was found mainly...

Danau Sentarum's wildlife: part 2. Habitat characteristics and biodiversity distribution within and surrounding Danau Sentarum.
January 1, 2000... This paper presents a broad analysis of wildlife habitat usage and the need for habitat conservation within and surrounding Danau Sentarum National Park, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Flood and dry season habitat analysis reveal that intact Peat...

Danau Sentarum's wildlife: part 1. Biodiversity value and global importance of Danau Sentarum's wildlife.
January 1, 2000... Recent survey efforts in and around the Danau Sentarum National Park (DSNP), West Kalimantan, Indonesia suggest that the site comprises faunal biodiversity of both bioregional and global importance. Site faunal inventory has yielded a globally...

Balancing supply and demand: a case study of rattan in the Danau Sentarum National Park, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.
January 1, 2000... The Danau Sentarum National Park (DSNP) contains 30,000 ha of lake and 81,000 ha of lowland, seasonally flooded forest. It is the largest network of inland lakes on the island of Borneo. The park is inhabited by over 5,5000 Malay fishermen who...

Fire in the Danau Sentarum landscape: historical, present perspectives.
January 1, 2000... This paper presents a quantitative analysis of the extent of forest and scrub burning in the Danau Sentarum area, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Burn scar areas were detected using remotely sensed data from four dates (1973, 1990, 1994, and 1997)...

Flora and vegegation of Danau Sentarum: unique lake and swamp forest ecosystem of West Kalimantan.
January 1, 2000... Danau Sentarum National Park is characterized by lakes and a variety of swamp forests that are unique, and unlike comparable habitats in Indonesia or Southeast Asia. Structurally, it was once very similar to the Mahakam Lakes in East...

Understanding patterns of resource use and consumption: a prelude to co-management.
January 1, 2000... For co-management of conservation areas to be effective, detailed information on local people's use of natural resources is essential. This chapter offers one method to obtain some of that information, a household recordkeeping study. It is...

Introduction to Danau Sentarum National Park, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. (Research Notes).
January 1, 2000... INTRODUCTION The Danau Sentarum National Park (further referred to as DSNP or the Park) covers an area of 132,000 hectares, and is located in the floodplain of the upper Kapuas River in West Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo (Figure 1). The...

Memorial.(anthropologist Peter R. Goethals)(Obituary)
January 1, 2000... PETER R. GOETHALS 1926-2000 Peter R. Goethals, 73, Southeast Asian anthropologist, died of prostate cancer on May 8, 2000, at his home in Holualoa, Hawaii. He was the grandson of General George W. Goethals, chief engineer in the...

Notes from the editor.(Editorial)
January 1, 2000... The present volume of the BRB represents something of a departure from past Bulletins. All of the papers that follow are related and focus on a single region of Borneo, the Danau Sentarum National Park of West Kalimantan. This remarkable...