News Archive November 2019

Typical behavior of Apis dorsata, the giant honey bees, migrates annually to a blooming area, particularly forest all over Asia. Generally, the bees nesting at tall trees 20-30 meters above the ground. The forest bee farmers have long practiced an interesting ethnobiology so-called "sunggau" or in English known as "rafter, for bee nesting in several regions in Indonesia, including Belitung island. People made "sunggau" by placed 2 meters of wood in a specific tree trunk or branched at just…

Belitung Regent, H. Sahani Saleh, S. Sos officially opened the MCSTO IPB ForMIND 2019 international meeting (Monday, 28 October 2019) at the Grand Hatika Hotel, Belitung. "Belitung Regency is a potential area with high biodiversity of flora and fauna, as well as a unique geological character, which has the potential as a tourist attraction. Through collaboration with severals government institutions including the Ministry…

In collaboration between the Department of Biology, Monitoring Center Sustainable Tourism Observatory (MCSTO) IPB, and Belitong Geopark, 2 field research stations have been officially inaugurated by Head of Department of Biology, Dr. Ir. Miftahudin. In Hutan Kerangan Cendil, Dr. Miftahudin and Hirmas Fuady Putra, M.Si planted Renggadaian trees (Ploiarium alternifolium) as a…

Department of Biology in collaboration with MCSTO IPB, Belitong Geopark, Belitung Regency Government, and Nottingham University, has successfully held Summer Course on October 24-28, 2019. This activity is routinely held by the Department of Biology annually. This activity was attended by undergraduate and graduate students from 6 countries, including Osaka University-Japan, Kasetsart University-Thailand, Nottingham University-UK, Putra Malaya University-Malaysia,…

Department of biology has implemented a community services program held on Wednesday, October 23, 2019, in SMA Negeri 1 Tanjungpandan, Belitung. This event was hosted by Hirmas Fuady Putra, M.Si (Division of Ecology and Plant Resources), who is an alumnus of that school. The activity began by introducing the profile of the IPB University and Biology Department including campus activities, curriculum, and profiles of lecturer in general, by Dr. Miftahudin, Head, Department of Biology. On…