Twenty-one Nobel laureates, Turing Award winners, scientists,\nacademics and world figures visited Tambling Wildlife Nature\nConservation (TWNC) in Lampung on 27\u201328 August 2026. The visit served as\na moment to introduce Indonesia\u2019s biodiversity wealth and to bring\ntogether global thinkers with the conservation experience that has been\nongoing in Tambling for three decades.<\/p>\n
The honoured guests were received by the Chair of Commission IV of\nthe Indonesian House of Representatives, Siti Hediati Soeharto, who also\nhosted the event.<\/p>\n
TWNC was chosen as the venue because it has a diverse landscape and a\nlong track record in conservation efforts. Managed by Artha Graha Peduli\nsince 1996, TWNC became part of the AGP environmental programme through\ncooperation with the Ministry of Forestry in 2008.<\/p>\n
With an area of 48,153 hectares of forest and 14,089 hectares of\nmarine area, TWNC encompasses lowland tropical rainforest, coastal\nforest, mangroves, lakes, freshwater swamps and secondary forest.<\/p>\n
Siti Hediati Soeharto, familiarly known as Titiek Soeharto, said\nTambling is a space that brings together Indonesia\u2019s natural wealth with\nscience and global collaboration. Three decades of TWNC conservation\nexperience shows that protecting nature requires strong commitment and\nan orientation towards future generations.<\/p>\n
\u201cTambling introduces something very important. Conservation is not a\nshort project, but a long-term commitment for future generations. Today,\nI believe Tambling can become something greater. Tambling can become a\nliving laboratory, where nature meets science, technology, education and\ninternational relations,\u201d Titiek said.<\/p>\n
This opportunity can be used to build broad relationships between\nIndonesia\u2019s conservation experience and the global community. \u201cWe are\nhere not only for Tambling, but also to learn, to help develop new\nideas, to help research how science and technology can strengthen\nbiodiversity protection, climate, resilience and sustainable\ndevelopment. Welcome to President Ramos and all the Nobel laureates in\nTambling,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and President of Timor-Leste Jos\u00e9\nRamos-Horta saw the leadership of Tomy Winata as one of the things that\ncan be learned from the conservation experience in the area.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne thing that can be learned is leadership. This is Tomy Winata\u2019s\nleadership. It is wonderful that the government and the community have\ngiven the responsibility to manage this area for 30 years,\u201d Ramos-Horta\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Ramos-Horta also stressed that conservation efforts need to pay\nattention to relationships with local communities. \u201cYou cannot do\nanything without collaborating with the people who live here. They must\nfeel it, believe in it, and then they create a great experience. They\nare not spectators,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The conservation experience also includes wildlife protection\nefforts, especially the Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae), which\nis a critically endangered species. The Sumatran Tiger Rehabilitation\nCentre at TWNC handles and recovers tigers that have experienced\nconflict before returning them to their natural habitat.<\/p>\n
Protecting the forest at the same time means maintaining\nenvironmental balance and reducing various pressures on nature,\nincluding the risk of forest and land fires.<\/p>\n
Well-maintained forests not only serve as habitat for wildlife, but\nalso act as carbon storage, water regulators and life support for\nsurrounding communities.<\/p>\n
In a broader context, Ramos-Horta sees Indonesia\u2019s experience in\nprotecting nature as a lesson for the world. Indonesia also faces\nvarious environmental challenges, from forest fires to natural\ndisasters.<\/p>\n
\u201cIndonesia itself is an example for the entire world,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The presence of Nobel laureates and world figures in Tambling was an\nopportunity to see first-hand the relationship between science,\nconservation and sustainability. With different backgrounds, the world\nfigures could provide diverse perspectives at the meeting.<\/p>\n
\u201cTambling is a very unique place. It is not a zoo or a park, but a\nnatural ecosystem where animals, birds, fish and all life within it\nstill runs in balance. The challenge is to maintain this uniqueness\nwithout losing its authenticity. I believe every country needs a place\nlike this, so that we appreciate what we have before losing it, because\nrestoring it is far more difficult than protecting it from the start,\u201d\nsaid Laura Anne, a representative of one of the Nobel laureates.<\/p>\n
The visit is expected to become an opportunity to strengthen\ncollaboration between Indonesia and the global scientific community in\nconservation and sustainable development.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/from-tambling-titiek-soeharto-encourages-science-and-nature-collaboration-for-future-conservation-1787910726", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }