Valuable assets to this world's ancient lake
Getting to know the fish in Lake Poso, Sulawesi.
Partnering with Shoal, we started our Fish Program in Lake Poso. We are looking for three Critically Endangered fish endemic to Lake Poso: Duck-billed bunting (Adrianichthys kruyti), “Rosen’s” bunting (Adrianichthys roseni), and Poso bungu (Mugilogobius amadi)
For +1,5 years, we have built and nurtured partnerships with Rono fishermen in Lake Poso, and four local youth. Together with them, we surveyed at least twice a month, late at night and dawn.
Program in numbers
2022
Year started
Activities
- 1Building trust with the community
- 2On-going fish survey
- 3Capacity building
What we do
(so far)
Building trust with the community
How we started
number of villages
being surveyed
fisherman followed
On-going fish survey
We found four species: Adrianichthys oophorus, Oryziazorthognothus, O. nigrimas, A. poptae. There is a decline in the number of rono fishermen due to decreased fish catch and the income from fishing was not worth the tedious efforts to harvest rono. Across months, we obsevered a fluctuation and differences in rono species.
Capacity building
This is the first step to recruiting more young people as local conservation heroes in Lake Poso. What we share is a sense of pride and affection for nature, as well as knowledge about research and conservation. During 2023, 42 young people participated in our discussions, including the nature-loving student group Sandikaka, Tentena Christian University, and several high schools
Program supporters
These are the supporters of our conservations efforts for this program. Click on their name to visit their website.
