Tangkoko Conservation Education (or TCE), is the conservation education programme of MNP. Created in 2011, it takes place around the Tangkoko nature reserves and other protected forests of North Sulawesi (Mount Klabat and Mount Tumpa). TCE aims at giving the survival of the local biodiversity and its habitat a long-term perspective. To achieve this goal, we develop education and conservation activities for the local population (especially school interventions for young people), in order to increase their knowledge and awareness towards the crested macaques and the local biodiversity.
Schools in the area of Bitung
Conservation education will be delivered to 600 school pupils aged 9 to 15 based in 23 local schools of 13 villages and towns around the Tangkoko reserve and other protected forests of North Sulawesi. Each class will receive 7 lessons including a field trip to Tangkoko where they will get to know the macaques and learn to appreciate the natural scenery.
The lessons comprise the following topics:
Lesson 1: Environmental basics and changes over the environment;
Lesson 2: Biodiversity of tropical rainforest;
Lesson 3: Flora and fauna of Indonesia, Sulawesi, and the local forests;
Lesson 4: Primates, crested macaques and the Macaca Nigra Project;
Lesson 5: Trip to Tangkoko, observation of the crested macaques;
Lesson 6: Characteristics of protected areas, status of and threats on Indonesian protected wildlife and conservation actions;
Lesson 7: Coastal and marine ecosystem
Schools in the area of Bitung
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