Welcome to Leuser International Foundation
Conserving Leuser Since 1994
Welcome to Leuser International Foundation
Conserving Leuser Since 1994
Ecosystem Conservation
Mitigation of Human – Wildlife Conflict
Wildlife Monitoring & Protection
Wildlife Monitoring & Protection
Mitigation of Human – Wildlife Conflict
Wildlife Monitoring & Protection
Mitigation of Human – Wildlife Conflict
Mitigation of Human – Wildlife Conflict
Mitigation of Human – Wildlife Conflict
Research & Development
Community Development & Eco-tourism
Environmental Education
Environmental Education
Community Development & Eco-tourism
Environmental Education
Community Development & Eco-tourism
Community Development & Eco-tourism
Community Development & Eco-tourism
Please support us on human-tiger conflict (HTC) studies in Aceh. Your generous donation will fund our mission.
Foundation's Update
LIF, with funding from the Dr. Holly Reed Conservation Fund of Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium (PDZA), conducts tiger monitoring and conflict mitigation in Aceh. This is part of a participatory science-based tiger conservation program that includes population monitoring, prey recovery, and cost-effective resolution of human-tiger conflict (March, 2022)
LIF has restarted its Environmental Education Program in the new year of 2022. The program aims to educate environmental and wildlife protection in the Leuser Ecosystem Zone. The main targets of the program are students at early childhood and their teachers. Subjects related to the importance of forest protection, biodiversity, environmental services of the Leuser ecosystem are introduced to the students via face to face and fun teaching class, photos, and posters. At this first phase, 20 schools including kindergarten in Langkat district North Sumatra benefited from this program.
Leuser International Foundation in cooperation with TFCA - CRU Aceh, and Aceh’s Environmental and Forestry Dinas (DLHK) socialized alternative crops which are non-palatable and low risk from the raiding by wild elephant to key stakeholders. The socialization event which took place at DLHK Aceh attended by representatives from CRU Aceh, DLHK, BKSDA, BAPPEDA, Agriculture and Plantation Dinas, and several local NGOs (December 22, 2021).
Leuser International Foundation with support from Permata Hijau Group (PHG) has recently launched a land restoration project by planting eight thousand trees on degraded land around Gayo arabica coffee plantation working with Tigkem community in Bener Meriah, Gayo highland Aceh Province, Indonesia. (04th Nov, 2021)
LIF donated a trail bike and three binoculars to Conservation Response Unit (CRU) DAS Peusangan to support the transportation and visualization aspects of the CRU operation in conservation of wild elephants and habitat (24th July, 2021).
LIF team undertaken field study on human elephant conflict (HEC) in Aceh Province. The study is dedicated to support the advisory on pro-elephant development and planning policies.
LIF's enumerator interviews farmers to identify non-palatable crops to elephants as part of project Implementation of urgent action plan to save sumatran elephant population in Aceh, Supported by CRU Aceh & TFCA Consortium, 2021.
On Aug 4th, 2020 Leuser International Foundation (LIF) received award from Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry for contributing to the conservation and wildlife protection in the Leuser Ecosystem from 1998 to 2020.
The Sumatra Gayo highland is not only famous for its huge Arabica coffee plantation in Indonesia, but also it is the home for birds diversity. Supported by Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Co, our team has completed half way of birds diversity survey around coffee plantations in Bener Meriah District of Gayo and found more than 70 birds species calling, singing, feeding and perching around the coffee farms.
In partnership and supported by Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Co, the foundation managed to rehabilitate and reconstruct One Kilometer of community water piping system which included water in-take and water distribution tanks for Sumatra Gayo coffee farmers residence in Kenawat Redelong, Bener Meriah, Aceh province. The project benefited to 250 villagers (70 households), water access to coffee farms, public facilities including baths and cemetery.
LIF and Centre of Wildlife Studies in Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Syiah Kuala University, Aceh Indonesia have agreed to work in partnership to strengthen wildlife conservation in Aceh Province and Sumatra. The MOU was signed on November 15th 2019.
LIF supported by PT. Venamon Shoes, Bandung distributed 8 pairs of boots for the Mahouts in CRU Peusangan located in Pintu Rime, Bener Meriah, Aceh Province.
The Conservation Response Unit (CRU) is managed by Natural Resources and Conservation Agency (BKSDA) and supported by Aceh environment and forest service (DLHK) and some private donors.
LIF in partnership with Dean’s Beans Coffee Co from Boston USA, have successfully developed and planted more than 11,000 local hardwood trees around the Arabica coffee farms area in Gayo, the province of Aceh, Sumatra Indonesia.
Please use the information below to make a donation by bank transfer:
Account Name: Yayasan Leuser Internasional
Account No: 3230-203-224 (in Rupiah) and 3230-203-440 (in USD)
Name of Bank: Bank Negara Indonesia
Swift code: BNINIDJA