How You Can Help

Re: URGENT ACTION REQUIRED TO AVERT ECOLOGICAL DISASTER IN SUMATRA -- Click here for a sample letter regarding the road-building proposal now threatening the Leuser Ecosystem.

 

The World Bank, Asia/Pacific region, contacts in Washington, DC, USA:

   phone  fax email
Peter Stevens 

 1 (202) 458-2281

(in Singapore) 65-836-6601

  1 (202) 614-0772 pstephens1@worldgbank.org
Jill Wilkins  1 (202) 473-1792   jwilkins@worldbank.org
Kimberly Versak  1 (202) 473-4919   kversak@worldbank.org

The information below may be out of date -- my apologies:

Taking action in defense of the forest in and around the Suaq Balimbing research situation is vitally important, and it must be done quickly if there is to be anything left.  Please give any assistance you can to help preserve this amazing and threatened resource.

To express your concern, please contact the following Indonesian officials:


It would be especially helpful to write to the new minister of forestry: Nur Mahmudi Ismail.

Who?

Address

Phone*

area code
number(s)

Fax*

area code
number(s)
The Minister of Forestry: Nur Mahmudi Ismail

Kepada Yth
Nur Mahmudi Ismail
Menteri Kehutanan & Perkebunan RI
Gedung Manggala Wanabakti
Jl. Gatot Subroto
Jakarta
Indonesia 

e-mail: indofor@dephut.cbn.net.id
           indofor@idola.net.id

 (0)21 5730142 or
5731820 or 5700278		 (0)21 5738782 or 5700226 
The Director General of PKA:  Bapak Ir. Abd. Manan Siregar
(responsible for the Protection and Conservation of Forests)

Kepada Yth
Bapak Ir. Abd. Manan Siregar
Dirjend Perlindungan 
             dan Konservasi Alam (PKA)
Gedung Manggala Wanabakti Lt. 7 Gdg VII
Jl. Gatot Subroto
Jakarta
Indonesia

e-mail: dirjen.pka@dephut.cbn.net.id

 (0)21 5730513 or 5734818 (0)21 5733437
Kakanwil Aceh: Bapak Ir. Brotohadi Sumadiyo
(responsible for forestry in the province)

Kepada Yth
Bapak Ir. Brotohadi Sumadiyo
Kakanwil Dephutbuy D.I. Aceh
Jl. T. Umar
Banda Aceh
Indonesia

e-mail: kwlhut@aceh.wasantara.net.id
           kwlhut01@aceh.wasantara.net.id

 (0)651 42694 or 44704 (0)651 41943 or 45404
The Governor of Aceh: Bapak Drs. Syamsudin Machmud
(the province where the site is located)		 Kepada Yth
Bapak Drs. Syamsudin Machmud
Gubernur/KDH D.I. Aceh
Jl. T. Daud Bereueh
Banda Aceh
Indonesia		 (0)651 51337 (0)651 53119

*  When dialing from overseas, dial 62 (the country code for Indonesia), then the (two or three digit) area code without the "0," then the (five or seven digit) phone number.

You may wish to express your concern to the following international organizations as well:

United Nations Development Program, Asia Pacific 2000 project for "Sustainable Human Development":

Asia Pacific 2000 c/o UNDP
P. O. Box 12544
50782 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Tel: 603-2559122;
Fax: 603-2532361
E-mail: umpap@po.jaring.my

 

The European Union:

Mr Romano Prodi
President of the Commission
European Commission
200 rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200
B-1049 Brussels
Belgium

 

If you or your organization may be able to provide additional assistance in the form of donated equipment or financial support, please contact me:

Michelle Y. Merrill
Dept. of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy
Duke University, Box 90383
Durham, NC 27708
Fax: (919) 660-7348
mym1@acpubNOSPAM.duke.edu

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Original Letter*: 7 May 1999

Update: 6 July 1999

Update: 14 November 1999

How you can help

Press Release from Dr. Carel van Schaik, June 1999

Report on Illegal Logging in Indonesia by EIA

Suggested reading regarding orangutans at Suaq Balimbing

Information on Indonesian Wildlife and National Parks

European Union Forest Liaison Bureau

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