LITTLE FIREFACES – BIG CHALLENGES
As I boarded my plane in Orlando, Florida, to begin the long 30+ hour day of travel to Indonesia, I realized I was stepping…
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Civets, lorises and leopard cats, oh my!
Life in the LFP field station is what you make it. It’s possible to skate through your time here in West Java missing out…
Read MoreThe Kids Who Never Cry!
I’ve been volunteering with the Little Fireface Project here in West Java for just over a year now and something has become extremely clear…
Read MoreLFP’s Infant Dispersal Study
With the recent onset of the wet season I’ve noticed a few changes in our lorises behaviour’. They seem to groom more, which is…
Read MoreHow to Find a PhD
Many LFP volunteers are undergrad students or have just completed their degree/masters and many of them ask me “How can I find a PhD?”…
Read MoreMeeting the Gremlins
Having the opportunity to complete a placement year/year in industry was a key feature that I looked for when deciding on my university course.…
Read MoreEducation – Not just for kids!
I was planning on coming to Little Fireface Project (LFP) with my husband Michael to lend a hand with Nature Club, the environmental education…
Read MoreSurvey by the Seaside
The pretty beach resort town of Pangandaran on West Java’s southern coast is comparable, in the busy season, to parts of Bali. However during…
Read MoreNature Club goes to the Zoo
Already hot by 8am in West Java, but our Nature Club kids were keen to get their much anticipated day off and running; today…
Read MoreThe day my heart broke
Since I can remember, I have always been involved with the protection of wildlife and the habitat that supports it. I’ve seen some terrible…
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