Research

Active research projects

 * Gunung Palung Orangutan Project
 * Flora of Gunung Palung (Cam Webb and colleagues)
 * Andy Marshall's primate and phenology research

Publications

 * Publication list (on CiteULike)

HISTORY OF CABANG PANTI RESEARCH STATION (CPRS)
Cabang Panti Research Station (1o13’ S, 11o7’ E ) is a 2100 ha site at the western foot of the mountains in Gunung Palung National Park. This National Park encompasses 90,000 ha of coastal forest and mountains (maximum elevation 1116 m), including one of the largest remaining remnants of primary lowland mixed Dipterocarp forest on Borneo. Gunung Palung National Park has been an active site of scientific research since 1985. Since 1985 more than hundred researchers make research in CPRS. The research aspects that have been research in CPRS were Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii), Bornean White-bearded Gibbons (Hylobates albibarbis),and other primates, birds, other mammals, herpetofauna, and diversity of genera plants. Some of the researcher make long time period of research until now.

ECOSYSTEMS PRESENT IN CPRS
The uniqueness of CPRS is that several different forest types at found at a small geographic scale. At least 7 (seven) different forest types are present in the 2100 ha CPRS Site. These habitat types provide a natural control on the factors that can confound comparisons between sites that are separated in space or time. These habitats are contiguous, thus minimizing differences in rainfall, latitude, seasonality, gamma diversity, and predation pressure that could confound results (Cannon & Leighton, 2004). CPRS is composed of seven distinct, contiguous forest types, determined by elevation, soils, and drainage: Peat Swamp forest on nutrient poor, bleached white soils overlaid with variable amounts of organic matter (5–10 m asl); Freshwater swamp forest on nutrient-rich, seasonally flooded, poorly drained gleyic soils (5–10 m asl); Alluvial forest on rich sandstone-derived soils recently deposited from upstream sandstone and granite parent material (5–50 m asl); Lowland sandstone forest on well drained sandstone derived soils with a high clay content and sparse patches of shale (20–200 masl); Lowland granite forest on well drained, granite derived soils (200–400 m asl); Upland granite forest on well drained, granite derived soils (350–800masl); and Montane forest (750–1100 m asl) (Marshall, Andrew J, 2008).

RESEARCH FACILITIES

 * Main Camp for Laboratory, meeting room, work and kitchen
 * Researcher Camps (Beach house, Camp MT, AP 15, Camp BM)
 * Assistant house
 * Counterpart room (in the Main Camp); Camp assistants room
 * Extensive Trail System
 * Suspended Bridge
 * Generator for electricity
 * Toilets
 * Long boat

HOW TO CONDUCT RESEARCH IN CPRS

 * Research Permit for Foreign Resercher or Domestic Reseacher who work for Foreign Researcher
 * Researcher must have SIMAKSI (Permit to go to Conservation Area) From Direktorat Jenderal Perlindungan Hutan dan Konservasi Alam (DITJEN PHKA, MINISTRY OF FORESTRY in Jakarta;
 * Give Research Proposal and make Presentation about their research in Gunung Palung National Park Office;
 * Accompany with counterpart from National Park staff.
 * Arrange all the research cost (food, facilities, entrance permit, etc) with Manager of CPRS
 * Research Permit for Domestic Resercher
 * Researcher must have SIMAKSI (Permit to go to Conservation Area) From GUNUNG PALUNG NATIONAL PARK in-Ketapang;
 * Give Research Proposal and make Presentation about their research in Gunung palung National Park Office;
 * Accompany with counterpart from National Park staff.
 * Arrange all the research cost (food, facilities, entrance permit, etc) with Manager of CPRS

RESEARCH COSTS

 * S1/BACHELOR/MASTER, 1 month
 * Facilities: Permits, Roundtrip Air Ticket from Pontianak to Ketapang, Travel by hired car, Camp Facilities Fee, Counterpart, Porter, Meals, Presentation Fee in National Park Office, Cooking Fee, 1 nights stay at Local Hotel.
 * Cost:
 * Starting Point from Pontianak 14,000,000 IDR
 * Starting Point from Ketapang 12,800,000 IDR
 * S3/Phd/Post Doc, 1 month
 * Facilities: Permits, Roundtrip Air Ticket from Pontianak to Ketapang, Travel by hired car, Camp Facilities Fee, Counterpart, Porter, Meals, Presentation Fee in National Park Office, Cooking Fee, 1 nights stay at Local Hotel.
 * Cost:
 * Starting Point from Pontianak 15,500,000 IDR
 * Starting Point from Ketapang 14,300,000 IDR
 * Professor/Project, 1 month
 * Facilities: Permits, Roundtrip Air Ticket from Pontianak to Ketapang, Travel by hired car, Camp Facilities Fee, Counterpart, Porter, Meals, Presentation Fee in National Park Office, Cooking Fee, 1 nights stay at Local Hotel.
 * Cost:
 * Starting Point from Pontianak 18,500,000 IDR
 * Starting Point from Ketapang 17,300,000 IDR

For information about people who want to conduct a pre-research site visit at CPRS, please see Scientific Expedition on Nasalis Tour & Travel page.

CONTACT PERSON
Heri Susanto at 08125698212 Email	: cprs.gpnp@gmail.com

Or

Balai Taman Nasional Gunung Palung, Jl. Gajah Mada No 01, Desa Kalinilam, Kec. Delta Pawan Ketapang, Kalimantan Barat. Telp/Fax. (0534) 32720