Mr. Gerrit Dirk Van den Bergh, Ph.D.

66 Sekretariat Perizinan Penelitian Asing Kementerian Riset dan Teknologi DIREKTORI PENELITIAN ASING DI INDONESIA 2013 other insular animals, that can shed light on the evolutionary processes at work on an island. The rich fossil record on Flores covers a period from more than 1 million years to recent. This allows to investigate in detail a phenomenon called “the Island Rule”, which predicts that large mammals such as elephants will evolve smaller body sizes and small mammals such as rodents becoming larger. This topic is hotly debated in the recent literature, not in the least because it has been argued that Homo loresiensis it self represents an insular dwarf species. The well-dated faunal sequence on Flores ofers an unique opportunities to test such models.

38.1 Mr. Gerrit Dirk Van den Bergh, Ph.D.

Warga Negara : Belanda Jabatan : Research Associate Institusi : School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong No. SIP : 300SIPFRPSMVIII2013 67 Sekretariat Perizinan Penelitian Asing Kementerian Riset dan Teknologi DIREKTORI PENELITIAN ASING DI INDONESIA 2013

Bab 4: Bidang BIOLOGI

Bidang Biologi merupakan bidang yang paling banyak diminati peneliti asing selama ini. Pada tahun 2013 menyumbang 37 proposal penelitian no. 39 sd 77. 39. Analysis of modiications in human-macaque interactions and assessment of local perceptions and attitudes towards macaques Macaca fascicularis in Padangtegal Monkey Forest, Bali Indonesia Tujuan Penelitian : Meneliti interaksi manuasia dan monyet di Hutan Monyet Padangtegal dengan menggunakan metode ethologi dan ethnoprimatologi Bidang Penelitian : Biologi Daerah Penelitian : Bali Ubud Lama Penelitian : 5 lima bulan mulai 4 Februari 2013 Mitra Kerja : Pusat Penelitian Satwa Primata, LPPM Universitas Udayana Dr. rh. I Nengah Wandia, M.Si. Abstrak In a highly human-dominated landscape, commensal relationships between primates andhumans become more and more frequent throughout the world and especially in South-eastAsia. Synanthropy corresponds to a strategy of non- human primate exploitation of habitats insympatry with humans, corresponding to adapt their ecology and behaviour to anthropogenicenvironments. While the cultural and religious context of South-east Asian regions allows for acertain tolerance and for a deliberate food provisioning of commensal primates, this growingcoexistence also generates increasing conlicts resulting in serious threats for primatesconsidered as pests. The problems of human-primate interface are complex and themanagement schemes promoting a sustainable coexistence require an extensive knowledgeabout the impacts and challenges faced by humans and their nonhuman primate counterparts.The goal of this research is to quantify the nature of the human-macaque relationships conlictvs tolerance and to identify the current status of the Padangtegal macaques in public opinionThe present research will be an ethological and ethnoprimatological study of the humanmacaquerelationships in Padangtegal Monkey Forest, Bali Indonesia. The operationalobjectives of this research are: