10th Anniversary OVAG workshop

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2018 has developed into a productive year for OVAG on the path to achieving a sustainable regional cadre of professionals able to provide capacity building, advice, guidance and management of One Health matters with wildlife in Indonesia and Malaysia. The workshop was opened by Pak Sapto, Head of BKSDA Aceh, and Dr. Moh. Hambal, Dean of the Syiah Kuala University veterinary faculty. SKU were co-hosts with the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program (SOCP). Once again we aere joined by the IUCN Small Apes Group, and a number of colleagues across Indonesia working with other wildlife

Topics covered this year included:

Vital skills: scientific writing and the peer review, case study presentation

Conservation management: Disease risk communication, Reproduction physiology and contraception, ZIMS, the enclosure design tool.

Clinical and Diagnostics: Anaesthesia, Radiology and ultrasonography, the primate microbiome

Thank you to everyone who took part. 

 

List of participants this year:

Afwan Fitra Asyifak - Jejak Pulang
Aidell Fitri Rachmawati - Asia Sanctuary Trust Indonesia
Amber Eagleson - Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo
Amy Richardson - OVAID (student, University of Liverpool)
Andhani Widya Hartanti      - Frankfurt Zoological Society
Andhika Pandu WIbisono - Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme
Anna Louise Burrows - OVAID (student Nottingham University)
Anne Dawydowa - Competence Center Apes VIER PFOTEN Jejak Pulang
Anneke Moresco - Denver Zoo
Arga Sawung Kusuma   - Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation - Nyaru Mentang (NM)
Arman Sayuti  -Sumatran Elephant - PKSL Syiah Kuala
Ayu Budi handayani     - Independent Vet
B. Waluyo Jati  - Sintang Orangutan Center
Cheng  Wangkun  - Nanjing Hongshan Forest Zoo        
Chris Whittier - Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine Tufts University
Citrakasih Nente - Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme/ OVAG committee
Dedi Candra - Sumatran Rhino - KSDA Lampung
Deni Noviana - Veterinary Faculty- Bogor Agriculture University
Dimas Yuzrifar  - Orangutan Foundation – UK (OF-UK)
Elizabeth (Liz) Ball - The North of England Zoological Society (Chester Zoo)
Elizabeth Riana Dwi Prasestyawati    - International Animal Rescue (IAR) Indonesia, Ketapang, Kal-Bar
Felisitas Flora - Centre For Orangutan Protection (COP)
Felicity Oram - Hutan - KOCP - UMS affiliation
Florian Magne - HURO Programme (Gibbon)
Fransiska Sulistyo - Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation , OVAG Committee
Greggy Harry Poetra - Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation - NM
Hazmahzaiti Omar  - Gibbon Protection Society Malaysia
Ida Ayu Dian Kusuma Dewi - WSI- Whale Stranding Indonesia
Ida Junyati Masnur   -The Aspinall Foundation – Indonesia Program  (Javan Primate Rehabilitation Center)
Imam arifin - International Animal Rescue Indonesia Bogor
Jackie Chappell - Exhibit Design Tool (EDT) University of Birmingham
Jamie Dolling - Exhibit Design Tool (EDT) Student, University of Birmingham
Jennifer Taylor-Cousar  -National Jewish Heatlh
Joe Smith   -Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo
Jonathan B. Clayton  - Primate Microbiome Project, University of Minnesota
Julie Sherman  -Wildlife Impact
Lesa Thompson  - Hokkaido University
Mahmudi  - WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society)Wildlife Response Unit, East Aceh region
Marc Ancrenaz - BORNEO FUTURES
Mariani Ramli - Gibbon Protection Society Malaysia
K. Marie McIntyre  - University of Liverpool
Megan Reinata - Yayasan Kalaweit Indonesia
Melissa Fayette - Indianapolis Zoo
Meuthya Sr - Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme
Nabila Sarkawi    - Sabah Wildlife Department
Nancy Lung  -Orangutan SSP (Species Survival Plan), National Zoo/ OVAG committee
Nigel Hicks - OVAID
Pakeeyaraj Nagalingam      - Sabah Wildlife Department
Patrick Flaggellata - PT RHOI (BOSF)/ OVAG committee
Popowati - Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) 
Pristiani Nurantika  - Javan Gibbon Center
Raffaella Commitante - Orangutan Conservancy, OVAG Committee
Ricko Laino Jaya  - Orangutan Information Centre (OIC), OVAG Committee
Rina Iswati - Yayasan Kalaweit Indonesia
Rini Deswita - Balai Besar KSDA Riau
Rosa Rika Wahyuni - BKSDA ACEH
Rosalie Dench - Borneo Nature Foundation
Saljagringrang R Marak - HURO Programme (Gibbon)
Sara Fell Nicks - OVAID
Soedarmanto Indarjulianto - Fakultas Kedokteran Hewan, Universitas Gadjah Mada/ OVAG committee
Steve Unwin - Independent, OVAG Committee
Sumita Sugnaseelan - Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)/ OVAG committee
Suryo Saputro - Primate Research Center, LPPM IPB
Susan M. Cheyne - IUCN, Borneo Nature Foundation (BNF)
Susannah Thorpe - Exhibit Design Tool (EDT) University of Birmingham
Sylvia Alsisto - Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre Sabah / SWD - UMS affiliation
Tengku Jeni Adawiyah - Veterinary Society for Sumatran Wildlife Conservation (VESSWIC)
Thanaphat Payakkaporn - The Wild Animal Rescue Foundation of Thailand
Wahyu Hananto - Cikananga Wildlife Center / Pusat Penyelamatan Satwa Cikananga
Wahdi Azmi - Universitas Syiah Kuala/ Director of Wildlife Studies
Yayan Oki Istyan - Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation - Samboja Lestari
Yenny Saraswati - Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme/ OVAG committee
Yuli Akmal - Frankfurt Zoological Society
Zulhilmi - Orangutan Information Centre (OIC)

The OVAG 2019 workshop dates will be announced soon.