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.
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).
Environmental Education in
North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Tangkoko Conservation Education Programme
Tangkoko Conservation Education is a conservation education programme based near the Tangkoko Nature Reserve in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. We develop school interventions and awareness campaigns for the local population for them to protect their local wildlife, and especially crested macaques (Macaca nigra).
Protecting Sulawesi Wildlife
Sulawesi island is part of the Wallacea region, one of the 25 biodiversity hotspots of the world for conservation priorities (Myers et al., 2000). Due to his geographical situation, Sulawesi is of particular interest with respect to species' endemism, especially regarding primates, as it hosts seven macaque species found nowhere else in the world (Riley, 2010). Crested macaques (Macaca nigra) are one of these species.
