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To read up on the latest news from AlTo, click here for the October 2019 update: For Want of a Shovel.
You can read our July newsletter here. In it you’ll find:
- We Bought the Beach! AlTo’s land purchase sets a new pace for maleo and sea turtle recovery.
- Women, meet your Maleo neighbors: AlTo’s outreach to women stirs village engagement.
- Field Updates, Maleo Surveying and Binoculars: Read about our team’s field work, surveying over 150 nesting sites, and why we could use some binoculars.
- The Faces of AlTo: Kathryn’s gift of love, remembrance, and our hope to maintain the Jackoustik legacy.
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Other news from 2019:
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
Brown Cuckoo Dove (© Riza Marlon/AlTo)
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
An Olive Ridley hatchling heads to the sea (© Noval Suling/AlTo)
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
© Robin Moore/AlTo
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
© Sandesh Kadur/AlTo
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
