Five researchers get Unesco award

Five researchers get Unesco award

BOGOR (JP): Five young researchers and environmentalists
received a Man and Biosphere (MAB) Award from the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) on
Tuesday for their outstanding contribution in their field of
work.

The winners are Juniarto Tulius of Padang, West Sumatra, who
conducted research on the traditional medicine of the Mentawai
people on Siberut island, West Sumatra, while Herda Pamela
Hutabarat of Yayasan Alam Mitra Indonesia initiated an education
program for natural conservation in the Gunung Gede Pangrango
National Park, West Java.

Yus Rusila Noor of Bogor won an award for research on the
Kuntul (heron) bird colony on Dua island and Pamujaan island;
Syaiful Anwar of North Aceh for research on mangrove forests; and
Reni Sawitri, a young researcher from Bogor who worked on estuary
ecosystem management.

The winners each get US$1,000, which was handed over by the
Unesco representative in Southeast Asia, accompanied by the
Indonesian Research Institute (LIPI) chairman, Sofyan Tsauri, and
Commodore Hambar Martono of the ministry of environment. (21/edt)