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• Partnership: AlTo’s collaborative approach is key to conservation success
• Covid-19: Community-based means COVID-resilient conservation
• Using the Flagship to Turn the Fleet: Join AlTo for a free webinar on the maleo and new directions for conservation in Indonesia, Nov, 17-19.
• Portrait of a Partner: Yudil Dilao, Hunter-turned-Guardian
• Outreach: AlTo goes home
• Big and Small: AlTo’s 2020 sea turtle season brings more healthy babies, while adults keep coming
• The Faces of AlTo:  Ichsan Tobing: Advisor, Ally, Advocate

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Other news from 2020:

August Update: One Primate Family

June Update: A Bright Star

May newsletter: Festival: Celebrating the kind of world we want to live in; COVID-19 in Tompotika: Protecting the vulnerable and facilitating long-term change; Jackoustick!: This Music for Conservation contest was bigger than ever!; The Faces of AlTo: Women and girls just need opportunities. For a faster loading version, click here.

March Update: As If the World Depended On It

February Update: A Tale of Two Poachers

 

News from 2019:

November Newsletter: Villagers renew and deepen their commitment to maleo conservation; How one lease renewal will keep protecting bats, sea turtles, and rainforests for another ten years; Law enforcement: it’s no longer just talk; AlTo’s staff give presentations at conferences; and more. Click here for a faster loading version.

October Update: For Want of a Shovel

July Newsletter: Land purchase creates brand-new wildlife preserve; Field trips for women introduce them to their maleo neighbors; Maleo Survey is nearing completion; and more. Click here for a faster loading version.

April Newsletter: AlTo documents a second maleo recovery site; Helping victims of the Palu Earthquake; the Maleo as a Conservation Ambassador; The Faces of AlTo; and more. Click here for a faster loading version. 

May Update: Life Amongst the Dead

February Update: A Story About Being Saved by Chocolate

 

News from 2018:

December Update: It Just Gets Better

November Newsletter: Maleo Recovery Numbers; Securing the Land; Measuring Success; The Faces of AlTo; and more. Click here for a faster loading version.

October Update: Earthquake, Tsunami, and Trees

July Newsletter: Villagers instigate forest restoration in the wake of illegal logging; Planting new trees to support the bats of tomorrow; Habitat improvements will help maleos recover at Tompotika’s second maleo site; AlTo’s research program is assessing maleo status across their full range; The Faces of AlTo: Top-flight professional wildlife photographer and AlTo US Board member Kevin Schafer. Click here for a faster loading version.

May Update: Waging Peace for a Third Thing

April Newsletter: Building Conservation Professionals; NGO Professionals gather to create a “Culture of Care”; Festival 2018: Drama and music delight and inspire Tompotika villagers; Faye Wilkinson: still making a difference; Jackoustik: Contest sparks new original music for conservation by Tompotika artists; The Faces of AlTo: The Cooking Ladies of Tanah Merah; and more. Click here for a faster loading version.

February Update: True Wealth

 

News from 2017:

November Newsletter: Our Actions Matter: outreach in remote villages spotlights deep jungles and their wildlife; Of Hunters and Hunting: How and why Tompotikans hunt endangered wildlife; New research turns up little-known bat species; Sea turtle hatchlings: More healthy babies this year; Simon Purser, AlTo’s new Program Director; and more. Click here for a faster loading version.

September Update: Upang and the Maleo Worms

July Newsletter: Eyewitness to Recovery: AlTo field trips give Tompotika kids a rare direct view of endangered maleos; Going Wider and Deeper: AlTo catalyzes Sulawesi-wide outreach campaign for endangered forest mammals; Scholarships for rural students; The babirusa; and more (faster loading version)

March Newsletter: Second Tompotika International Maleo and Sea Turtle Festival; Jackoustic Contest, New music for conservation; More kids’ books; New maleo research; and more. (faster loading version)

February Update: Experience Conversion

 

News from 2016:

May Update: Recovery Happens

April Newsletter: Bring in the Light! New children’s library in Tompotika; Climate Change: Floods and failed crops; Maleo program stronger than ever; On the Tarsier Trail: Survey trip; Sheila Eckman; and more. (faster loading version)

March Update: Beyond Elections

January Update: Sharing Stuff

 

News from 2015:

November Newsletter: Standing our ground: A maleo disaster averted; Climate change in Tompotika; In memoriam, Jack Barbash; Kids’ book project; Tarsier trip; and more

October Update: Dawn Chorus, Sulawesi Style

September Update: Spitting on Forest Fires

August Newsletter: Raising Awareness: Spreading the conservation message in Tompotika; Volunteer with Tompotika’s first scientific tarsier survey; Shameless advertising; “More research is needed…”; The Anoa, buffalo of the jungle; and more

March Newsletter: The first Tompotika International Maleo and Sea Turtle Festival; Tompotika schools get involved; Tompotika tarsiers scientific expedition in 2016; The faces of AlTo: Nick Fury; and more (faster loading version)

May Update: Happy Endangered Species Day!

February Update: Preparing for Wonderful Things

 

News from 2014:

December Update: What Maleos Teach Us About Parenting, Trust, and the World We Live In

November Newsletter: Maleo prospects better than ever; Bat Island protected for good; Best ever year for Teku sea turtle program; Board member Dr John Tasirin; and more

October Update: In Praise of Steepness

August Update: Art Has Changed Things

June Newsletter: Maleos nesting in record numbers as AlTo reaches accord with Taima village; Youth drama festival; Essential Ecosystem status for Taima area; Volunteer Sandra Noel, and more

May Update: Listening Hard

April Update: Tompotika Youth Find Their Power in Conservation

February Newsletter: Youth drama festival, New maleo nesting sites, Community-based conservation faces community division challenge, Indonesian AlTo staff to visit USA, Alfred Russel Wallace, and more

 

News from 2013:

October Newsletter: New island sanctuary, Taima named an essential ecosystem, Law enforcement outreach gaining traction, Big increase in live sea turtle hatchlings, Roma of Taima, conservation hero; and more

August Update: The Bat Man of Batu Bassi

July Newsletter: Where and what is Tompotika, Website redesigned, Water for Taima, Survey of bat colonies, Supporter Laura Bienen, and more

April Update: Small Is Beautiful

February Newsletter: Bat awareness campaign, Mural paintings, Enforcing wildlife law, Maleos’ forest corridor, and more

January Update: Conservation = Reclaiming Our Identity

 

News from 2012:

December Update: Thanks for the gifts you have already given

October Newsletter: Law enforcement program opens, Field Guide to the Birds of Tompotika, Maleo recovery progress report, Giving baby sea turtles a chance, AlTo staff featured, and more

September Update: This is the frontier

August Update: In praise of guano

June Newsletter: Law enforcement outreach, Beneficial bats, Training local conservation professionals, Sea turtle hatchlings, and more

May Update: Have fun and leave a lasting legacy

April Update: GiveBIG like the maleo

March Newsletter: Photographers come to Tompotika, Organic farming results, Protected forest land increases, and more

January Update: Elegy and celebration

 

 

News from 2011:

December Update: All creatures great and small

October Newsletter: Organic farming saves forest, Innovations in our sea turtle program, Clean water for Taima, Kids’ wildlife art cards, Tarsiers, and more

September Update: Mt. Tompotika: the view from the top

June Newsletter: New shrew species, AlTo’s fifth birthday, Conservation through carbon storage, Why art for conservation, Sea turtle nesting season, and more

June Update: Ideas for building the future

February Newsletter: Art for Conservation travel, Birding training, Trash awareness campaign, Sanctuary for bats, Maleo disaster averted, Meet the US. Board of Directors, and more

January Update: The Ghost of Tompotika

 

 

News from 2010:

December Update: 2010 Conservation Award from Mongabay.org, and the giving tree

October Newsletter: The biodiversity crisis, Harmful trash cleaned up, Trash disposal for Tompotika, Bats are back, Releasing captive turtles, and more

September Update: What about big blood-thirsty man-eaters?

August Update: Making conservation cool

June Newsletter: Food, farms and forests, Taima wins Maleo Award, Herpetologist Dr. Djoko T. Iskandar, and more

May Update: Happy World Turtle Day

April Update: Salutary stories from Tompotika

March Update: Portrait of a predator, converted

February Newsletter: Maleo recovering, Protecting Bat & Turtle Island, Conservation awareness program, and more

January Update: This is for you

 

 

News from 2009:

December Update: What happens when the world opens

October Newsletter: Three new frog species discovered, Forest preserve grows bigger, Butterfly survey, AlTo staff, Youth calendar project, and more

August Update: Dancing with butterflies

June Newsletter: Rainforest preserve, Sea turtle program, Tompotika youth calendar project, Indonesian Board of Directors, Profile of the endangered maleo, and more

 

News from 2008:

May Newsletter: New sea turtle conservation program, Teku: village asks for AlTo’s help, Conservation awareness campaign, and more

December Newsletter: new Tompotika forest preserve, First sea turtle season, and more

 

 

News from 2007:

November Newsletter: Maleo eggs protected, Celebrating the maleo with art and parades, Conservation awareness campaign, and more

May Newsletter: About the maleo, New conservation awareness campaign coming, Decorate a maleo!, and more

 

News from 2006:

December Newsletter: Maleo chicks hatch from protected nests, AlTo conservation officers, and more