Sophie Quérouil interviews a few scientists involved in the Lengguru research programme.

The Lengguru research programme studies the processes and interactions between geodynamics – biodiversity – human societies within the karstic systems of Western Papua.

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In French :

Evy Ayu Arida (LIPI)
specialised in amphibians and reptiles

 

Hubert Camus (consultancy firm, CENOTE)
karstologist

 

Christophe Cochet (IRD)
specialised in ichtyology and aquaculture

 

Vincent Droissart (IRD)
botanist specialised in epiphytic plants

 

Arnaud Faille (post-doctorate at the Museum of Zoology in Bavière, Munich)                                                                                                    entomologist specialised in underground fauna

Bruno Granouillac (IRD)
in charge of saving data

 

Borja Mila (National Museum of Natural History, CSIC, Madrid)   ornithologist

 

Jean-Christophe Pintaud (IRD)
botanist specialised in palm trees

Jean-Marc Porte (independent)
photographer

 

Sophie Quérouil (IRD)                                                                        cetacean specialist, educational project coordinator, blogger

 

Tony Robillard (National Museum of Natural History)
entomologist specialised in crickets

 

Jacques Slembrouk (IRD)
ichtyologist engineer; is part of the coordination and takes care of the logistisc of the expedition.

 

In English :

Indra Bayu Vimono (LIPI)
echinoderm specialist

 

Yayuk Rahayuninsyh (LIPI)
entomologist specialised in collemboles

 

Yosephine Tuti (LIPI)
gorgone and coral specialist

 

(translated by Lara Denis, L2 SVC–Life & Earth Sciences–UM2, France)