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March 2002 Komodo National Park Bulletin

Komodo National Park is the recipient of a $600,000 donation from a fund, guaranteed equally between the UN and the Aveda natural cosmetics manufacturer. The fund is aimed at creating models for using tourism to promote the protection and preservation of important habitats. It also strives to balance tourism demands with the needs of local people, the landscape and the environment. The pledged money will be spent over a period of three years. In the first year, funds are earmarked for improvement of the arrival pier and museum at the ranger station of Loh Liang on Komodo island

Park authorities have also recently signed an MOU with San Diego Zoo to improve management policies of Komodo National Park. The first fruits of this collaboration will result in the renovation of two existing bungalows in the ranger station at Loh Liang into an on-site laboratory and housing for visiting scientists, and improvement of the water supply for Loh Liang.

Park rangers were kept busy in January apprehending a group of poachers. Four out of the seventeen suspected poachers were captured and have been sent to jail, awaiting trial.The poachers were hunting deer, the meat of which is dried into venison jerky and sold in Sumbawa.

A total of 9 mooring buoys suitable for large boats have recently been installed in the park by a joint effort between The Nature Conservancy, the Komodo Marine Tourism Authority, The Komodo Foundation, and Mark Heighes of the Evening Star.

Komodo National Park
Balai Taman Nasional Komodo
Labuanbajo, Flores NTT Indonesia
Tel: 62.358.41004, 41005
Fax: 62.385.41006
E-mail : tnkomodo@indosat.net.id
The official website of The Komodo National Park: www.komodonationalpark.org

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